Post * Meg6B — Curious Curator

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TIL Uncle Tom was actually the hero that stood up against slavers but pro-slavery works created afterwards poisoned the name "Uncle Tom"

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WkOpL TIL that in 2019, a saxophonist was hired to compose a song for the critically endangered New Zealand bird, the Kakapo, in order to put them in a romantic mood for mating. It seems to have worked as 249 eggs were laid and 76 hatched during the breeding season.

p8DVe TIL Steph Curry and Tony Romo are ranked #2076 in the OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking) that ranks the top professional golfers in the world and has a cap of 2076

oRreE TIL that the Equator line doesn't cross Equatorial Guinea

7EP TIL in 2005 a Romanian murderer attempted to sue God for failing to keep him from the Devil’s influence.

woo57 TIL that in 1977 the "Hillside Strangler" serial killers posed as undercover police officers and stopped a female driver. They dropped their plan to abduct and murder her after learning that she was the daughter of Peter Lorre, who was known for playing disturbed characters.