Post * LpPZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that Joan of Arc’s companion was a paedophilic serial killer whose victim count was in the 800s

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ZpExa TIL Titanic passenger Edgar Samuel Andrew was so angry he had to board Titanic, he wrote in a letter on April 8, 1912: "... right now I wish the 'Titanic' were lying at the bottom of the ocean." Week later, his wish came true.

mKNx TIL of Namibia, one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, whose constitution preserves the health of its ecosystem. It has the largest Cheetah population in the world.

Zpw1a TIL That when cholera was appearing in London in the 1830s one prescribed cure was to inject turpentine and mutton stew up the anus

loAQ1 TIL when in the mid-1920s Italian carmaker Diatto ceased its collaboration with engineer Alfieri Maserati, Mr. Maserati still had an unrealized design for a racecar. He decided to build that car in his family workshop, thus starting the history of the car brand Maserati.

Bgg9b TIL that back in 2005 a girl in London started sleepwalking and climbed a 130 feet tall crane!