Post * epDw4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that a "dale" is a valley in an otherwise hilly area while a "glen" is a secluded and narrow valley.

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OjX TIL James May was fired from Autocar magazine for inserting a hidden message into one issue

oVbL TIL that Bill Cosby does not consider himself an African-American, just American

MevD0 TIL that the Chehalis (Sts'Ailes) people of southwest Canada begin their count of months from the arrival of spawning chinook salmon (in Gregorian calendar October), and count 10 lunar months, leaving an uncounted period of around 70 days until the next chinook salmon run

lmXa TIL after Czech resistance assassinated brutal Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, the Czech town of Lidice was razed and nearly all of its citizens, pets and livestock were shot. In response to Hitler’s desire to wipe Lidice off the map, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama and Mexico renamed towns to Lidice.

6EY1X TIL Jose Mourinho was banned for a game where he could not make contact with players/coaches on matchday. He snuck into the locker room early in the day and needed to figure out how to leave after the game w/o being seen. A staff member smuggled him out in a laundry bin where he almost suffocated.