Post * KOQba — Curious Curator

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TIL Peter Benchley regretted writing JAWS. Later in life, he became an ocean activist and wrote books advocating shark conservation.

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Lk4Wd TIL Nostradamus' predictions were based on past events; he simply believed history would repeat itself. He would pick historical events at random, then use astrological calculations to figure out when they'd happen again. Also, he wrote a cookbook.

ee1b TIL Walmart has a strict no-touching policy and an employee was once fired for being pushed and grabbing for help

NXeA8 TIL Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor, was a surgeon in the Civil War and an abolitionist who fought for women's dress reform and women's suffrage

Bg4eL TIL about Gurkhas, they are legendary warriors from Nepal who do not fear death. They have also served in the British army for over 200 years, winning the highest military honour, the Victoria Cross 26 times.

1vVV TIL Steve Wozniak submitted so many Tetris high scores to Nintendo Power Magazine that the writers refused to print them. To bypass this, he starting making submissions with his name spelled backwards.