Post * N7Ao8 — Curious Curator

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TIL The Stars on the Largest American Flag Ever Produced Were 17ft Tall A Piece

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awExy TIL That the Word Galaxy Is Derived From the Greek 'Gala', for Milk. The Name Stems From a Tale in Greek Mythology Where Heras Spills Breast Milk Forming a Band of Light Across the Sky, Which We Now Know Is the Milky Way

d84l8 TIL Before 1972 it was a felony for unmarried people to possess contraception such as birth control or condoms in the United States.

9YOOp TIL that the future King Henry V of England took an arrow in the face at the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403), fighting beside his father when he was only 16 years old. Despite the terrible wound, he kept fighting and later recovered. Turns out he was a badass long before invading France.

G7l1 TIL 1 in every 100 american adults are in prison, and that the U.S has more people in prison than China.

GY051 TIL when John Carpenter was at University he was required to visit a mental institution and saw a boy with a blank, pale, emotionless face who eventually became the inspiration for Michael Myers in his Halloween movies.