Post * QaRM — Curious Curator

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TIL Gen. George Patton took the German city of Trier despite being ordered to bypass it because it was estimated that 4 divisions would be required to take it, He responded “ Have taken Trier with 2 divisions,Do you want me to give it back? ”

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jYXX TIL Jimi Hendrix Covered Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band three days after it came out. Jimi and the band learnt it 15 minutes before going on stage because he heard McCartney and Harrison were in the crowd

oBGo8 TIL the character Totoro from Hayao Miyasaki's 1988 film My Neighbour Totoro, makes a cameo appearance in the 2010 Pixar film Toy Story 3. Daisuke Tsutsumi, the art director of Toy Story 3, is married to Miyazaki's niece, who was the original inspiration for the character Mei in My Neighbour Totoro.

b9y1p TIL Using lasers, Stanford scientists transformed hydrocarbon molecules in oil and natural gas into pure diamonds.

oBJ4K TIL there’s a stinging plant called the Gympie Gympie that produces a toxin so painful it’s driven humans and animals to suicide. Described as being sprayed with hot acid whilst being electrocuted at the same time. A man was reported to have shot himself after using a leaf as toilet paper.

5YM5p TIL about Karayuki-san, name given to poor young Japanese girls and women who were tricked and trafficked to destinations in East Asia, Russia and British India. The word literally meant 'Ms. Gone Abroad' and in Russian Far East these girls were used on cover missions for intelligence gathering