Post * R7oJ1 — Curious Curator

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TIL Hugo Boss was a Nazi party member and a founding member of the SS. His company made the Black SS uniforms and later made uniforms for the Waffen SS and the army.

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69NrJ TIL the song 'Human Nature' by Michael Jackson was originally written by the band Toto for their album, 'Toto IV'. The only reason the song officially became Michael's is because Quincy Jones heard Toto's demo of the song and suggested that it would fit better on Michael's album, 'Thriller'.

xVeeD TIL Belgium has so many political parties, that they faced a problem when 11 parties received a significant amount of votes in 2010. It eventually took 541 days for a majority of parties to agree to work with each other.

oWjA TIL a Rhode Island woman attempted to sue her husband for slander after he called her a whore in a crowded restaurant. After being presented evidence, the judge officially ruled that the husband’s statement was accurate. She then appealed to the Supreme Court, only to have that judge agree as well.

LWOm TIL while Dirk Willems was escaping from a prison across an ice covered pond, a guard noticed him and chased him. The guard ended up breaking the ice and falling into the water, begging for help. Willems turned back and saved him, only for the guard to recapture the prisoner and have him executed

m1mGO TIL A Jamaican born, Violet Edwards, 96, who lives in ParkLand, Florida is reportedly the fifth-oldest person in the world to receive a degree as reported by the Caribbean National Weekly.