Post * awY49 — Curious Curator

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TIL a bunghole is a hole bored in a liquid tight barrel to remove its contents. Uses include the making of beer, wine, and fermented foods.

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5YpZQ TIL The Spanish name Esteban and the French name Étienne are equivalent to the English name Stephen. They all derive from the Greek name Stephanos.

ADX0o TIL that a German carpenter named Georg Elser attempted to assassinate Hitler in November 1939, only one month into WWII. His bomb, hidden at a speech venue, went off successfully but failed to kill Hitler, who had finished his speech and left early.

E1REW TIL: The currency US-Dollar is indirectly named after the Czech town Jáchymov. The town's German name is Joachimsthal and the coins produced here were called "Thaler". The Dutch called those coins "Daler", which then later turned into "Dollar".

4XDv5 TIL when Elton John changed his name from Reginald Dwight, he also gave himself a middle name. His full name is Elton Hercules John

QJBdX TIL that the shape of the human penis has evolved to remove another man's semen from a women's vagina