Post * KOMxB — Curious Curator

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TIL Mike Tyson offered a zoo attendant $10,000 to let him fight a gorilla

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wLenW TIL that Jerry Springer was the Mayor of Cincinnati and had to resign in 1978 upon discovery he had written two personal checks to prostitutes

wL0RW TIL about the French phrase “tirer les vers du nez” which literally translates as “to pull the worms from somebody’s nose” but means to make someone tell a secret/the truth. It became a popular phrase after the rise of nasal parasites in the 15th century.

5VQQr TIL that until 2013, a Parisian woman who wished to wear trousers was technically required to get special permission from city authorities.

Xp0D TIL In rural Austria, a girl would keep an apple slice under her armpit while dancing. At the end of the dance, she would offer the sweat-soaked slice to the man of her choice, who would eat the apple

Y7PkZ TIL that Indiana Jones was inspired by the Italian Giovanni Battista Balzoni, a 2 meters tall strong-man, idraulic engeneer, explorer, pioneer egittologist and archeologist, and last but not least he had the title of "Templar Knight" given to him by the british masonry