Post * N5DM — Curious Curator

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TIL in Chicago over the last decade more Americans have been murdered than have been killed in Afghanistan.

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GYk95 TIL that Gandhi wrote 2 letters to Hitler, one a month before the war and one in during it, both of which were intercepted by the British and never made it to Hitler.

gx54 TIL that IBM has stated that the Scroll Lock key on your keyboard does nothing. When PC Magazine asked an executive of keyboard manufacturer Key Tronic about the key’s purpose he replied, “I don’t know, but we put it on ours too.”

Wk87A TIL During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.

woEnW TIL: By 2100, China’s population will only be within the 700 million range.

woO6 TIL a mentally imbalanced man named Joshua Norton in the mid-1800’s declared himself “Emperor of the United States.” The people of his town were so amused that they respected his authority, doing things like actually taking the fake money that the “Emporer” issued in his own name.