Post * VBWrk — Curious Curator

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TIL Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was an elite wrestling champion. In 300 matches, he only lost one.

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J1PxV TIL that, during an argument over control for the Island of Hísing, two rulers agreed to go to the island & roll dice to decide. They both repeatedly rolled double-sixes. Eventually one of the dice broke in half, showing two of its sides at the same time, allowing one of them to win by rolling a 13.

RbAa TIL that Rob Zombie was a production assistant on Pee Wee’s Playhouse before he became a famous rocker.

9wbGG TIL that Sweyn Forkbeard was the first Viking king to rule England. He massacred, plundered, and burned his way through the countryside, capturing London on Christmas Day 1013. He died just 40 days later. Upon his death the previous king Æthelred the Unready came back and retook his throne.

5VPKR TIL that the longest English word is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which is a type of lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust

GYvGN TIL there were two economic recessions called 'The Great Depression' the more famous one being in 1929 and the other one happening 56 years earlier now referred to as 'The Long Depression'