Post * e0grb — Curious Curator

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TIL Detroit once gave Saddam Hussein the key to the city after he donated to a local church.

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ne50G TIL There is an urban legend that the city of Berwick was at war with Russia from 1853 till the 1960's, when the mayor signed a treaty. The myth spawns from Berwick's absence from the Treaty of Paris that ended the Crimean War, in reality Berwick was not included in the original declaration of war.

J19GQ TIL that before drones were invented, people used pigeons with tiny cameras strapped to them to take aerial photos during wars

ZQ5B TIL that every night, the US Constitution is lowered into a safe that is bomb proof

Me9Pm TIL in 1919, the U.S. Army organized a convoy of 81 vehicles from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA. The trip took 56 travel days, broke 9 vehicles, had 21 casualties and convinced observer Dwight Eisenhower to champion the Interstate Highway System, which he signed into law 37 years later.

J1lrk TIL that Illinois fought and lost a war against crows in the 1930/40s.