Post * OGJm7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that people are hired to mourn at funerals. These guys are known as professional mourners, as they possess the skill to cry and scream, portraying a deep sense of grief as if they were personally affected by the loss.

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vPdAR TIL that the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars (1792 - 1815) cost Britain a combined estimate of £1,650,000,000 to finance. Which adjusted for inflation, would come to approximately £43,302,064,102.

M7Yo0 TIL that Monrovia, the capital of Liberia in West Africa, is the second national capital to be named after a US president (James Monroe), apart from Washington DC. It also is the only national capital named after a leader of a different country.

jNxAn TIL that the first episode of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ featured Steve Irwin and his wife, Terry, trapping and handling crocodiles on their honeymoon.

OG5Qa TIL, after taking Shuri Castle during the Battle of Okinawa, a group of marines raised a Confederate flag over it. Three days later, General Buckner ordered it removed and replaced with a United States flag

RM1Q TIL that ‘Arthur’ is the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind 'The Simpsons’