Post * RON9 — Curious Curator

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TIL About Daniel Daly, a US marine who when his company was pinned down by German fire in WW1, led his men forward in a nearly suicidal charge with the words “Come on, you sons of b*tches, do you want to live forever?”

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EV4W TIL The guy who bought windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.

X0Vv8 TIL King Tut's knife was made from meteorite iron.

Lkd6V TIL ketchup started as a Chinese fish-based sauce, then it was picked up by the British and made into a mushroom-based sauce, and finally picked up by the Americans and made into a tomato-based sauce.

EgEnX TIL Arlington estate, where the national cemetery is located, was once owned by George Washington's step son, who built a house in the property to serve as a memorial for his step father. His daughter Married Robert E. Lee. In 1955 Congress voted to rename the House "The Robert E. Lee Memorial"

NPEM TIL that Japanese manga publishers allow fans to create and openly sell their own comics based on popular series, even if the work is pornographic. The publishers view the amateur comics as a form of marketing, not a threat to sales.