Post * MeJlb — Curious Curator

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TIL that Lt Gen Lesley McNair was killed by errant bombs of the Eight Air Force, near Saint-Lô on July 25, 1944. In one of the first Allied efforts to use heavy bombers in support of ground combat troops, several planes dropped their bombs short of their targets

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D19Jp TIL that the United States hosts more migrants than the next four countries combined.

P1NRg TIL Judy Garland was very close with the dog who played Toto, even letting the pup stay at her house while healing from an on-set accident. She attempted to purchase Toto but the owner wouldn’t sell

jNmbM TIL Ted Lasso was an NBC ad campaign 7 years before the series.

85BX TIL that after the 1628 Batavia disaster, two dutch sailors were left to die in Australia…or so everyone thought. A century later, British settlers found unusually light-skinned Aborigines in the area that suggest the two marooned sailors may have actually thrived instead.

9wNaB TIL that under Article 28 of the Geneva Convention that canteens shall be installed in all camps, where prisoners of war may procure foodstuffs, soap and tobacco and ordinary articles in daily use. The tariff shall never be in excess of local market prices.