Post * RpQ4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Frederick Douglass consulted with President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and helped influence the Emancipation Proclamation. After President Lincoln’s death, Mrs. Lincoln sent Douglass her late husband’s walking stick.

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grdk4 TIL In the 18th century, there was a practice in England known as "wife-selling." This unusual custom involved a man publicly auctioning off his wife to the highest bidder, often in a marketplace or a tavern. It was sometimes seen as a humorous way to escape an unhappy marriage.

rNne4 TIL At its greatest extent, Nixon’s “Enemies List” of political opponents and critics reached 220 people and organizations. Several of the people listed expressed pride at being included after the list was revealed at the Watergate hearings in 1973.

LQDQ9 TIL a European "Get Some Nuts" Snickers commercial featuring Mr. T using a vehicle-mounted rotary machine gun to shoot Snickers bars at a speedwalker for being a "disgrace to the man race" was pulled in 2008 after a group in the U.S. complained that the advertisement was homophobic.

Egx60 TIL since the mid 90's cars have a arrow on the fuel gauge that indicates which side of the car it's gas cap is on

b91NZ TIL In the late 1600s, London coffeehouses were seen as areas of political unrest because they were popular with political men and writers. The Women's Petition claimed coffee drinking was an intellectual, effeminate pastime which made their husbands impotent.