Post * LQymZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that the practice of having a Marine detachment on US Navy ships only ended in 1998.

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0w4Ky TIL that the song 'Unchained Melody' is the theme song to a little known prison movie called 'Unchained', hence the title. The film flopped although it was nominated one academy award — for best original song.

OaMe TIL Chik-fil-A workers are trained to say “My Pleasure” instead of “You’re Welcome” because it’s more personal.

GvmN TIL Sean Connery’s knighthood was likely blocked by the British Labour Party for two years because of his support for an independent Scotland (he finally got it in 2000 and showed up in a kilt)

x6kl5 TIL About The World Ice Theory, a Flat Earth-like pseudo-scientific theory that was popular among Nazis and Hitler himself because it was an alternative to mainstream actual science which they viewed as Jewish and soulless.

yQnmp TIL of Charles Ramsey, a Cleveland man who was key in the rescue of 3 women & a child from over a decade of captivity in a neighbor's home. When word got out he was eating a Big Mac when he heard a woman's cries for help, over a dozen Ohio restaurants pledged to offer him a free burger anytime.