Post * KYKvR — Curious Curator

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TIL Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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4XWyg TIL Mao Zedong was personally struck by the loss of his own son, Mao Anqing, during the Korean war, a war he had effectively started. North Korea and China commemorated each’s support in their struggle against the United States and there is a Chinese soldiers cemetary north of Pyongyang

M7RvA TIL that they’re called hamburgers because the term comes from Hamburg in Germany, where a minced beef style dish was first created

kOyV1 TIL Even after being falsely prosecuted in the Dreyfus Affair Alfred Dreyfus returned to the French army and fought in World War One. Dreyfus fought at the Battle of Verdun and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel.

XBjD TIL of the Carolina Butcher, a 9-foot bipedal croc that probably ate armored reptiles

a8eoL TIL that despite being leader of the CDU and serving as the Chancellor of Germany, Ludwig Erhard was never officially a member of the CDU, a fact that was not made public until decades later.