Post * aB7b — Curious Curator

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TIL that three of the actors who played Nazis on the WWII sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” were German Jews who had escaped from Nazi Germany. Two of them spent time in concentration camps, and another French Jewish actor also spent time in a camp.

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1BRD TIL that a decree promulgated on November 12, 1787, by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II ordered all Jews in the Hapsburg Empire to acquire family names.

j690E TIL that Ford's Theater, where Lincoln was killed, is not original, but a 100% re-creation on the original site.

grKa4 TIL world's first vending machine was a holy water dispenser.

DQQ9e TIL For its 50th anniversary, Cup Noodle got rid of the plastic stickers on the bottom of the cup used to close the container and replaced it with a two tab lid. The change saves 33 tons of plastic waste per year.

yQlMX TIL that the British phrase 'blowing smoke up my arse' comes from 1700s London: the banks of the Thames were lined with bellows that were used to perform a 'smoke enema' on drowned londoners in an attempt to save them. It was not effective.