Post * KOQk6 — Curious Curator

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TIL The Underground Railroad ran slaves not only to Canada and Northern states but also to Mexico

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E14wx TIL I learned of Grandma Gatewood who hiked the 2,200 mile Appalachian trail at 55 bringing only Converse shoes, an army blanket and a plastic shower curtain after reading about it in a magazine and telling her children she was going for a walk. She hiked it again at 72 and 75.

L1d TIL the father of the modern Olympics won one gold medal. In literature. For writing a poem about sports.

4kgZg TIL: Doctors used to blow tobacco smoke up your butt to cure cold, drowsiness, save people from drowning, headaches, etc. An early example was described in 1686 which describes shoving a pipe in and then repeatedly pumping in smoke. Early critics were worried it made the brain "sooty".

BrWyy TIL that Jerusalem had been fought over 16 times in its history, attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.

yQl18 TIL Bill The Butcher (Gangs of NY) was head of the Bowery Boys gang who's territory was Bowery street today. Mostly made up of firefighters literally fighting other gangs to have control over putting out fires. Fights between gangs would often break out and the fires were sometimes never put out.