Post * eAlD — Curious Curator

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TIL Oskar Schindler became virtually destitute after the war and became bankrupt after trying to raise chickens in Argentina. For the rest of his life, he survived off gifts and donations from the Jews he had saved during the war.

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jN5RR TIL a new national park was created at the end of 2019

akgJ TIL In every country in the world either Coca-Cola or a Coca-Cola owned drink is the best selling drink, except from one country - Scotland - where Irn Bru holds the top spot.

e0kmg TIL that for the price of two stamps, you can send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole, and they will postmark it and send it back to you.

MYLA TIL that in from the 1880s to the 1900s, pollution caused by horses was so severe, the presence of the (then unheard of) automobile was regarded as a saviour, as it did not pollute the streets with manure, urine and dead horses.

vPwEj TIL that in 2018, during a local election for mayor in Makassar, Indonesia, a man ran unopposed and received more than 260,000 votes. He lost to a blank ballot, which received over 300,000 votes.