Post * dYO7 — Curious Curator

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TIL That a British PoW captured by the Germans in World War I was freed to see his dying mother - but went back to the prison camp after giving the Kaiser ‘his word’ he would return.

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E1Z0p TIL the avocado industry in Mexico is so big that the Mexican cartel for years took over farms through extortion. But the city of Tancítaro, the world capital of avocado production, took back their farms back by arming their citizens, building their own police, and bulletproofing their trucks.

KVG9 TIL that the New Horizons space probe to Pluto is actually powered by Plutonium.

KQRB TIL that only current and former heads of state can request to reuse a deleted Reddit username

7VBL TIL the term “Cold War” was first invented by George Orwell, author of the book satirising stalinism, “Animal Farm”.

0wQgA TIL that the Muslims who invaded Spain from North Africa in the 8th century likely spoke an African dialect of Latin, rather than Arabic or a more native African language like Berber