Post * d8ldj — Curious Curator

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TIL as the Ford Kuga's name means "plague" in Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian languages, its sales have suffered in these countries.

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7rJoZ TIL that, although the Soho district in NYC was named hundreds of years after the Soho district in London, only NYC's Soho is a functional abbreviation (South of Houston St.) while London's Soho was likely named for a hunting call.

4Xjww TIL Cattle rustling still occurs in the American West. In 2015, the Braum's restaurant chain had 1,100 unbranded cattle stolen from them.

OwA7 TIL during WWII the British govt would issue city-wide blackouts to make it harder for the German’s to hit targets during night raids. Armed with new, secret radar technology, the British spread the myth that eating carrots improved eyesight to explain their newfound success in defending in the dark

0dAlL TIL that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that landowners were not liable after a man who was driving a vehicle slid on black ice, crashed into their fortified mailbox, and became paralyzed.

0loA TIL the Titanic’s coal stores had been burning for weeks before she set sail, damaging the starboard side of the ship where the iceberg hit. There was not only a cover-up, but evidence that the fire damaged the hull enough to be a large contributing factor to why the iceberg caused such damage.