Post * LQMYm — Curious Curator

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TIL that property around distilleries (like Jack Daniels) have to deal with a fungus that is pervasive and a nuisance to deal with.

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awKwL TIL in Germany you can’t be prosecuted if you help a close family member to hide the body of someone they murdered. The state regards the inseverability of family as a greater good than its own desire to prosecute crime.

6Ee4X TIL that at a time when Saudi women were not allowed to drive, Queen Elizabeth II (an avid driver) took King Abdullah for a ride in the royal Land Rover at her Balmoral estate, driving so fast that he implored his translator to tell her to slow down and concentrate on the road.

OonQ6 TIL a pigeon named, Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal for her heroic service in delivering 12 important messages during WWI. Most importantly, the message from a trapped 194 man battalion. Arriving with a shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, and her leg hanging by a tendon.

GApkE TIL I learned about Bagel Bakers Local 338, a local trade union that was established in the early 1900s in New York City and whose craftsmen were the primary makers of New York's bagels, prepared by hand, until the advent of machine-made bagels in the 1960s led to its end.

XERWE TIL African surgeons are often advised to treat hippo bites as a crushing injury rather than a penetration wound, due to the severity of damage to bones and internal organs. A majority of hippo attack survivors are left with a disability. Amputations are very common.