Post * O6rY — Curious Curator

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TIL Nirvana originally started out as a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band

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ZPw4 TIL: In 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States. Only 139 more were made during the entire war.

jNnmj TIL that Milada Horáková was a Czech politician who helped people flee the Nazi and Communist regimes in Czechoslovakia. She was executed for treason in 1950 just to have her verdict reversed 18 years later and receive multiple rewards for her heroic work

9wgrr TIL before Apple, Steve Wozniak invented a device to make free long distance calls, that he once used to nearly get ahold of the Pope, posing as Henry Kissinger.

kJ1Ee TIL that during the 'leech craze' of the 1800s, leech collectors (who were usually women) would wade into ponds with their skirts raised to attract the leeches to their bare legs. Some used animals—such as horses that were too old to work—instead of their own bodies to catch the leeches

bRop TIL that the Vietnam War is called the “American War” in Vietnam (fully the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation”).