Post * LW70 — Curious Curator

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TIL There is a Brazilian proverb that says “our country grows at night when the politicians are asleep.”

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YG87 TIL a queen named Olga buried Nobles alive, burned the royalty, slayed everyone at her husbands funeral, and set their remaining town on fire, with birds, because they killed her king.

EnJW TIL that if you arrest a Catholic bishop, you are automatically excommunicated.

1aV7r TIL an army's "infantry" is so named because it originally denoted soldiers who were too young or inexperienced to be entrusted with a horse and be part of the cavalry.

MeYyB TIL Stuffed pizza came along in Chicago 1974 when Nancy's and Giordano's both opened their doors. They claim that their recipes came from old family recipes from Italy of scarciedda or Easter pies.

wL5wM TIL after the American Physical Society's 1986 conference in Las Vegas, the city asked them never to return, as the MGM Grand casino saw record low profits that week. This is presumed to be because the physicists in attendance knew enough probability theory not to gamble.