Post * R5d94 — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland in football 222 - 0. It’s the largest point differential in NCAA or professional history.

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VMX8p TIL In 2003, a woman had a heart attack during a flight. The attendant asked for any doctor on board, and 15 expert cardiologists appeared, saving her life.

VMM84 TIL that Enya lives alone years now in a castle she bought next to Bono

ayvN TIL a man found a newborn baby in the subway, and when he was in family court to give a statement the judge surprised him by asking if he and his partner wanted to adopt. They said yes.

6mZl TIL that Sean Bean was once stabbed at a bar for defending a former Playboy model, refused an ambulance, and then ordered another drink.

m1GQp TIL California was mistakenly depicted as an island on maps for nearly 150 years. This error, due to a Spanish friar's mistake in 1603 and spread by Dutch pirates, persisted until 1747 when King Ferdinand VI of Spain had to officially decree "California is not an island" to finally debunk the myth.