Post * VObD — Curious Curator

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TIL a plague wiped out millions of Native Americans just before the pilgrims came, leaving the new settlers cleared land and fields already planted with corn

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NGAb TIL most English and French kings had relatively open affairs and that the offspring of these affairs (Royal Bastards) were often given wealth, land, and regal titles

mxEaY TIL that Aztecs were one of the few ancient civilizations where education was mandatory for everyone, boys and girls from all social status were educated at home and later at schools (although the kind of school depended on gender and class)

XrYQ TIL two Nazi submarines declined to surrender when Berlin fell and instead submerged for two months before landing in Argentina. One is said to have offloaded a Nazi officer before being detected.

KoQQ TIL Walt Disney’s mood swings were so unpredictable that employees were advised to call the security guard to see how he was feeling whenever he arrived at the studio. If he was in a particularly bad mood, Walt was said to be wearing his ‘bear suit’.

yyPe TIL there are now twice as many people enslaved in the world as there were in the 350 years of the transatlantic slave trade.