Post * OQBa — Curious Curator

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TIL there was a dutch man born in 1912, Mirin Dajo, who willingly had an actual sword thrust through his body multiple times without organ damage. He was taught this method by Indian mystics and performed it in public.

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69Ybw TIL that the bowler hat is the most popular headgears being worn by cowboys and outlaws alike in the Wild West, and it wasn't until the 1920s that the ten gallon hat was popularised by Hollywood.

Oo59R TIL: Einstein’s last words were spoken in German to a nurse who didn’t speak German and are lost for ever. During Einstein's autopsy, the pathologist stole his brain. He kept it for forty years in a tupperware container, before being convinced to return it to Einstein's relatives.

1WO TIL 5.93million YEARS of game play have been clocked in WoW

NXXMP TIL that during the US invasion of Grenada in 1983 soldiers had to rely on tourist maps with grid lines hand-drawn on them, and use copies of The Economist magazine for intelligence as the invasion was ordered on such short notice.

a8eM TIL that there have been studies to find out just how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. According to a Purdue study, its about 364.