Post * Jypk — Curious Curator

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TIL Canada and US border doesn’t touch - there is a 20ft gap running all 5500 miles.

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EpnW TIL that in contrast to the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force, the British Army does not include Royal in its title - this is because the British Army has always been answerable to Parliament and the British people rather than the Monarch.

xQp1 TIL David Bowie was born Davy Jones but changed his name to Tom Jones to avoid confusion with the Monkees front-man. Two weeks later, Tom Jones released ‘It’s Not Unusual’ forcing him to change it again, this time to Bowie.

WkJeY TIL, that movie Dallas Buyers Club budget was so low, they had only 250$ for the makeups. The film's artists were able to work with that, and the film's Makeup and Hairstyling won an Oscar.

ANWLa TIL: Aaron Burr head a conspiracy to secede from the Union in the early 18th century. In the final months he would be outed by general Wilkinson who was a Co-conspirator with a history of treason.

LVrv TIL A 1944 opinion poll found that 13% of the U.S. public were in favor of the extermination of all Japanese being held in internment camps in the U.S.