Post * M7xOa — Curious Curator

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TIL Elvis Presley recorded more than 600 songs in his music career but did not write a single song

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90Ep TIL The Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.

rNnA1 TIL of English financier Clarence Hatry. His fraudulent operations, wiped the equivalent to 1.8 billion today off the market, and lead in part to the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Hatry who served as a librarian while in prison, would later acquire and revitalise the bookshop Hatchards.

kOBRg TIL Aleksandr Karelin has a wrestling record of 887 wins and 2 losses. He went 13 years undefeated in international competition and six years without giving up a point.

p81Wp TIL that EVERY word you speak in your language will inevitably disappear or change their meaning in average 150 years. That's happening with every language last 1000 years. But there is a core of average 200 words that stay as a core of language and their meaning never change.

AMG4 TIL there is an entire market behind the scenes of buying and selling the blood that selfless people donate. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry.