Post * N7vrP — Curious Curator

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TIL The band Hot Chocolate became the only group, and one of just three acts, that had a hit in every year of the 1970s in the UK charts (the other two being Elvis Presley and Diana Ross). The band eventually had at least one hit, every year, between 1970 and 1984

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W7OQ8 TIL The Replacement movie was based on the 1987 Washington Redskins replacement/scab players. They played for 3 games and won all 3. The Redskins won the Superbowl that year but the replacement players never received the rings till 30 years later.

9wnLX TIL of a set of 17 coffins found in Arthur's Seat near Edinburgh in 1836; each one was 9.5cm long and had a doll in them and no reason is known for their existence; and in 2014 an extra doll and coffin was sent to the Edinburgh museam to match the set.

N7O9Q TIL of the Chelsea Drugstore, in London. Aside from having a bar, chemist, newsstand, record store and other amenities, there was a service called the "flying squad". People would have their purchases hand-delivered by women in purple cat suits riding motorcycles

XEge6 TIL the Isle of Pabbay in the Hebrides was abandoned when every male resident of the island was lost at sea. Another of the Isles had all its sheep washed away by a wave

P1AEe TIL director Werner Herzog infrequently hosts his own film school that teaches such things as "the art of lockpicking", "The creation of your own shooting permits" and "The exhilaration of being shot at unsuccessfully" among other things.