Post * X04QR — Curious Curator

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TIL Polish-born American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski was most likely intersex.

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8ewRX TIL that Wolverine was created because Marvel's then editor in chief Roy Thomas wanted a Canadian hero to boost north-of-the-border sales.

4kVB5 TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart considered his appearances on The Simpsons and Sesame Street "perhaps the two most distinguished bits of work that I've done in the US."

mjRo TIL to avoid boredom while in a POW camp during the Korean War, Lt. John Thornton would ride an imaginary motorcycle around. He did this every day until the guards called him to their headquarters and took away his imaginary motorcycle stating that it was against rules and regulations.

J1YXk TIL the 6 qbs drafted before Tom Brady are known as the "Brady six" and his stats blow away all 6 qbs combined.

9YnpG TIL that Henry Starr claimed to hold the record for most bank robberies in America. He wrote & starred in a movie about his robberies, "A Debtor to the Law," in 1919. Two years later he was shot & killed robbing a bank in Arkansas.