Post * KQKQ — Curious Curator

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TIL Jack Hanna initially accepted the director position at the Columbus Zoo because he believed Children’s Hospital of Columbus had the best care for his daughter, who had been diagnosed with leukemia.

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OoKpX TIL the North River Tunnels in NYC, built 120 years ago which connect Manhattan to New Jersey and the West, is one of the most important tunnels for trains going under the Hudson. Yet it is falling into disrepair and funding to improve it or build new tunnels has not come through.

JYGOQ TIL the US Army developed a process for “meat restructuring” in the 1960s, which directly led to the invention of the McRib

l7xnr TIL Mouthbreathing makes your teeth crooked

b9Dl0 TIL Mary Shelley, the inventor of the Sci-fi genre with her 1818 novel ‘Frankenstein’ also invented the Post-Apocalyptic Plague genre with her 1826 novel, ‘The Last Man.’

eQ6L TIL that in 1938, 18-year-old Korean Yang Kyoungjong was conscripted by Japan to fight against the USSR. In 1939 he was captured by the Soviets and sent to fight against the Germans. He was then captured by the Nazis and sent to fight on D-Day only to be captured by the Americans.