Post * Vkw4 — Curious Curator

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TIL of “Unsinkable Sam” known to the Germans as “Oscar” a cat that served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.

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epnW6 TIL that Major League Baseball pitcher Ed Porray is the only player in league history to not be born in a country. He was born on a fishing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th, 1888. His birth certificate lists "At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean" as his birthplace.

DMNj TIL that Fox News contributor Todd Starnes falsely reported on a kindergarten student who was told by her teacher not to pray in class. The parent of the child turned out to be Marcos Perez, who was the promoter of Starnes’ new book about the imaginary assault on Christianity in the US.

kBlB TIL The human starvation response is unique among all other animals and in that our brains do not require the ingestion of glucose to function. Giving us a prolonged high cognitive function and mobility in the face of starvation.

4kv6a TIL in 2009, three masked burglars broke into Dolph Lundgren's home, tied up and threatened his wife, but fled after finding a family photo and realizing whose home they'd broken into

wLrvP TIL that Iceberg B-15 was the world's largest recorded iceberg. It measured around 295 kilometres (183 mi) long and 37 kilometres (23 mi) wide, with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi)—larger than the whole island of Jamaica.