Post * J1gxv — Curious Curator

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TIL there's an actual duo named "Ebony and Ivory." Ruth Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick had both experienced a stroke in 1982, becoming partially disabled. They eventually met and began playing piano together, one hand each. Their story was named after the song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.

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M7xbB TIL a reporter at a British newspaper received an anonymous tip telling him to “call the American Embassy in London for some big news” about 25 minutes before JFK was assassinated.

ZpjvB TIL about the Glorious Revolution of 1688 deposition of King James II by William of Orange and James' daughter Mary. Initially supported by the majority when he became King in 1685, his policies quickly eroded support and by 1688 the large resistance invited William and Mary to take the throne.

yOYa TIL In 1960, runner Harry Jerome broke the world record for 100 metre sprint, but it wasn’t counted because Canadian officials didn’t believe a Canadian could run that fast.

vvK7 TIL To help win Egypt, Napoleon considered converting himself and his army to Islam, but decided against it because the French troops wouldn’t stand for abstinence from alcohol. Pg.140

LQ0mP TIL: At 13, Waris Dirie fled her family in the Somali desert to escape an arranged marriage to a 60-year-old man. She made it to London and worked at Mcdonald's when she agreed to model for a photographer. She became a supermodel, appeared in a Bond movie & became a world-famous voice against FGM.