Post * N7OR6 — Curious Curator

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TIL that you have to weight your bags to take the train in Canada

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lo9LK TIL that on December 23rd 1953 Lavrentiy Beria (Head of the U.S.S.R.'s N.K.V.D.) begged on his knees for mercy before being executed. His fate was similar to that of his predecessor, Nikolai Yezhov, whom Beria is rumored to have strangled.

wDJ8 TIL British PM Gordon Brown hand-wrote a letter of condolence to a mother whose son had died in Afghanistan where he misspelled the deceased’s surname. The Sun published a vitriolic article criticising his lack of care but misspelled the same name and was forced to publish an apology of its own

b9RM7 TIL of the Siege of Weinsberg. A surrender allowed the women to leave with whatever they could carry, so the women lifted their husbands onto their shoulders and walked out.

O1aY TIL there is a tree is known as a “novice tree” because only one unfamiliar with the tree would dare touch it, soon discovering that the ants that live inside it are aggressive and venomous.

05oL TIL that dumping golf balls into the sea is outlawed because the plastic does not break down. A professor at the University of Maine used ground-up lobster shells and other materials to develop biodegradable golf balls. These balls are intended for use on cruise ships or driving ranges by the ocean.