Post * M7JkA — Curious Curator

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TIL that during the War of 1812, Britain occupied and intended to annex the modern American state of Maine, even setting up a government for the “Crown Colony of New Ireland”, which collected £10,000 in tax revenues by war’s end

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87RZ TIL there is a group of people in northern California and southern Oregon who wish to secede from their states and create a 51st state, to be called Jefferson.

xo77 TIL Princess Diana’s grave is on a private island; once a year visitors are allowed to visit a shrine near the island, but no visitors are allowed to set foot on the island itself

0waVy TIL That the term "Chinese fire drill" actually refers to both a fire drill and a confused Chinese crew on a British ship in the 20th century. Instructions were mis-translated and chaos reigned

BwBW TIL Stargate (1994) was the first movie to ever have an official website.

kwl7 TIL that two men claimed to have been abducted by aliens with carrot-like faces and lobster-claw hands. The local sheriff left them alone and secretly recorded them, expecting a hoax to be revealed, but they continued to discuss the events with each other as if they were terrified.