Post * ZpXl4 — Curious Curator

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TIL there were people who 'danced themselves to death' in 1518

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nknP TIL Rocket Raccoon’s creator lives in an assisted living facility following a traumatic brain injury in 1992. But you can donate to his cause

KYrZa TIL that Leon Jackson, who won The X Factor UK in December 2007, had only been singing for 11 months at that point

Z8OjY TIL that Napoleon was of average height for his era and that his reputation as a short man was largely spread through the works of British satirical cartoonist James Gillray. His satire was so effective that Napoleon once said that Gillray "did more than all the armies of Europe to bring me down."

epAab TIL about the secret Society of Harmonious Fists, which practiced a form of shadowboxing thought to render one bulletproof. They then proceeded to roamed the countryside and killed whoever they felt was weakening the Chinese economy, forcing retaliation of over 20,000 troops.

XE8ED TIL WWII Japan's production of the famed Zero was hampered because the Mitsubishi factory in which they were made did not have its own airfield. Completed Zeros were hauled by oxen to an airfield 24 miles away. A shortage in feed supply starved the oxen, stranding newly made aircraft at the factory.