Post * VBr0D — Curious Curator

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Today I Learned: Henry Ford's Antisemitic Views and Worker Treatment Were Controversial

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GYObE TIL that in 2005 a Russian private was forced to squat for four hours as part of a brutal army hazing ritual and the lack of blood flow resulted in his genitals and legs requiring amputation sparking public outcry in Russia

6XMl TIL that, as a war correspondent during WWII, Ernest Hemingway took off his non-combatant insignia and posed as a colonel in order to lead a group of french militia into battle against the Nazis

ADDPw Today I learned that Cpt. William Kidd was he first Pirate to be hung over the River Thames in order to scare would be Pirates as they left for the seas.

OoJ5L TIL that Chimpanzees are the only primates apart from humans observed to not only have territory but also defend that territory, and go to war against other owners of territory for control over it, leading to (relatively) massive casualties.

YpD0P TIL that the most difficult and rare score to get in 10-pin bowling is not 300, but 292. This requires hitting the first 11 strikes, then rolling exactly 2 pins on your final roll, which is extremely difficult.