Post * QJPGk — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the late 1600s London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod, shout “Spanko!” and run away.

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pNnN TIL Bishop Rock is a tiny island 4 miles off the coast of Cornwall, and its single lighthouse makes it the “world’s smallest island with a building on it”

rNkNy TIL, Robert Opel, known for streaking during the Academy Awards, was shot and murdered during an armed robbery only 5 years after the incident

VMY5D TIL That only 50% of Americans can read at an 8th grade level

yVO8X TIL that no team has won the World Cup with a foreign coach. Only 2 foreign coaches have reached the final match: George Raynor of England, with Sweden in 1958, and Ernst Happel of Austria, with the Netherlands in 1978.

bkg9 TIL experts can’t agree on what the best method of long distance running is, i.e. heel strike first or toe strike first. Each causes different areas of the leg and foot to be stressed.