Post * Z8nEv — Curious Curator

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TIL there have been 13 different times where three people have been the pope in the same year, each of which are known as the "Year of Three Popes". Additionally, 1276, known as the "Year of Four Popes", saw four people as the pope.

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J1Xpj TIL that Lord Nelson, one of the most successful naval commanders in British history, suffered from sea sickness throughout his career in the Royal Navy. In a letter, he wrote that "I am ill every time it blows hard and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea."

VMo6D TIL Sweden was the first country to put a eugenic state into practice before WW2 and the first state that set up for racial biology, an estimated 63,000 women were sterilised who were deemed to not have ‘Aryan-like’ genes, it ended in 1973 and compensation has been paid since 2000 to any victims

4VW6 TIL that a beaver’s lips are located behind its teeth so it can carry branches around without drowning

64LX TIL that at the end of WWI, Germany had to pay reparations of 132 billion gold marks. The reparations were not fully paid until 2010, marking the official end of the war.

rRNke TIL: At 25 year old, Matthew Roberts set off to find his biological parents. Only to discover his biological father was Charles Manson - Looking into the mirror after being told and immediately seeing the resemblance.