Post * epMyg — Curious Curator

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TIL that the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, Alessandra Mussolini, was a J-Pop singer for a while and has an album which was sold for £4,500 GBP (£10,000,000 ITL) in 2000.

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wL9M6 TIL about "lonely negatives". These are words with common prefixes or suffixes such as "dis-", "in-", "un-", "-less" but they don't have positive counterparts such as the words "disgust", "disappoint", "reckless" - they don't have "gust", "appoint", or "reckful" as their opposites.

lowJA TIL that upon the archaeological discovery of Chechen-Soviet soldiers from WW2 in Ukraine, archaeologists discovered letters addressed to relatives in Chechen towns which no longer exist. Further investigation revealed the Khaibakh massacre perpetrated by Soviet forces.

7Lkp TIL that for the first time in 1,000 years, a pagan temple dedicated to both Thor and Odin, will be built in Iceland.

jYZa TIL there’s two U.S. states where the temperature has never surpassed 100 degrees F: Alaska and Hawaii.

loQOG Today I learned that Alucard can't be summoned on Wii Fit Studio because Alucard is a vampire, there's a giant mirror, and vampires don't have a reflection.