Post * NVWN — Curious Curator

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TIL that “James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher” is a grammatically correct sentence in English.

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x587 TIL Darth Vader has only nine minutes of screen time in Star Wars: A New Hope.

M7yn7 TIL the M60 Light Machine Gun was made from the German FG42, essentially making it a "modernized" version of it.

eppLJ TIL that "American cheese" is a combination of cheddar, Colby, washed curd, or granular cheeses. By federal law, it must be labeled "process American cheese" if made of more than one cheese or "process American cheese food" if it's at least 51% cheese but contains other specific dairy ingredients.

KYJm9 TIL about Guy Gabaldon, the Pied Piper of Saipan. Of Mexican descent, having learned street Japanese as a child growing up in Los Angeles. During WW2 convinced over 1,000 Japanese to surrender during the battle of Saipan. Was awarded the Silver Star, later upgraded to the Navy Cross.

Lkjv9 TIL That the first bicycle was invented during a famine caused by a Indonesian vulcanic eruption in 1815. Horses were eaten during the famine, so there were fewer of them to be used as a means of transportation.