Post * Z8XgY — Curious Curator

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TIL of Capt. Harith al-Sudani. He was an Iraqi spy who infiltrated IS. He foiled 30 planned vehicle-bomb attacks & 18 suicide bombers. Once his true identity was discovered he paid the ultimate price in the line of duty.

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v1yYr TIL that a Scottish parliamentarian introduced a bill to decriminalize homosexuality in England after his gay brother killed himself. It passed. He wrote another bill to protect badgers. It failed. When asked why the latter didn’t pass, he snorted “There are not many badgers in the House of Lords.”

xV0Ok TIL In October 2015, United Airlines made a man with Cerebral Palsy crawl off one of its flights. The flight attendants just watched as he struggled.

gM1d7 TIL "Stagecoach Mary" was the first African-American woman mail carrier in the USA. She worked the route 8 years and never missed a day. She won the contract because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of 6 horses (she was 60 years old at the time).

lodgV TIL For Die Hard, finding a star proved difficult: the role of McClane was offered to a host of the decade's top stars, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, all of whom turned it down. Willis, who was known mainly for his TV work, was cast.

gMpdy TIL that sea snakes can die of thirst and rely on rainwater to make pools on the ocean surface in order to survive.