Post * ekMg — Curious Curator

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TIL that although Walt Disney World has four parks and more attractions, it has fewer rides than the smaller Disneyland Resort.

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D1Oae TIL American alligators have been known to venture into saltwater to capture prey. They've been spotted muching on nurse sharks, bonnethead sharks, lemon sharks, and Atlantic stingrays.

KAR6 TIL that, initially, the Roswell UFO incident was almost immediately dismissed and forgotten until The National Enquirer ran a story on it in 1980.

LQOgm TIL John Jacob Astor arrived in New York City with a suitcase full of flutes to start a music store. A few years later he one of the richest Americans ever. He made his fortune in furs and real estate.

9wB7Q TIL of Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s family physician that was Jewish. He billed the family at a reduced cost and sometimes refused to bill them when Hitler’s mother was dying of breast cancer. Years later, Hitler gave Bloch special protection and allowed him to emigrate to the United States.

v1el8 TIL that Andrew Jackson’s parrot cursed so loudly and for so long during the former president’s funeral that the wicked bird had to be removed from the service as shocked mourners watched.