Post * b8Nj — Curious Curator

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TIL when asked about South Park ending, Trey Parker said “We’ve been waiting to get canceled for 18 fucking years.”

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P1JoL TIL about Subutai also known as 'The Demon Dog of war' A Monggol general and the primary military strategist of Genghis Khan, regarded by many as the single greatest military commander in history, instrumental in the conquests of Genghis and Ögedei Khan.

deX8 TIL during World War 1, feminists and suffragettes handed out white feathers to shame men into enlisting in the army and lobbied for instituting an involuntary draft of men, including those who lacked votes due to being too young or not owning property.

R5nkw TIL of the Yawar Fiesta, held mainly in the mountain village of Coyllurqui near Cusco, its a controversial blood sport that pits bulls against drunken condors. The sport has largely been banned from most Peruvian cities but is still practiced and revered in remote villages just like Coyllurqui.

xVdwk TIL that William Shakespeare was inspired to write "Hamlet" - a play driven by the grief of a son for his father - by the death of his own son, Hamnet, who died at age 11. He began work on Hamlet a couple of years later. Until that time he had most been writing comedy plays.

9a8m TIL that extensive child poverty is the main reason America’s children score poorly on international education measurements. When you measure the test scores of American schools with a child poverty rate of less than 20%, American children outperform every nation in the world.