Post * M7wQB — Curious Curator

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TIL Anne Rice's birth name was Howard Allen. She became 'Anne' on her first day of school, when a nun asked her what her name was. She told the nun 'Anne' because she considered it a pretty name. Her mother, who was with her, let it go without correcting her and then legally changed her name in 1947

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kOxm7 TIL about Patton's Prayer. During The Battle of the Bulge, clear weather was desperately needed to advance. He asked a chaplain to write him a suitable prayer. The chaplain complied, and the ensuing prayer was handed out to the troops. The weather cleared, and Patton gave the chaplain a Bronze Star.

neLAb TIL that each one has a unique cardiac signature that can be used as biometrics similar to fingerprinting and retina scan

6Eyn8 TIL The Officers That Made the Watergate Arrests Were Dressed as Hippies Because They Had Just Been Undercover to Find Drug Dealers

oNAE TIL the Yakuza operate openly in Japan: they have offices, make charitable donations, and even have large investments in mainstream companies

BrXAe TIL a small lake in Africa killed 1,700 villagers and 3,500 livestock overnight when it suddenly released 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide, suffocating everything within 16 miles. Scientists still don't know what triggered the event.