Post * gZDD — Curious Curator

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TIL More veterans died of suicide than combat after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

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a8GV9 TIL about Alice de Janzé. She was a member of the infamous “Happy Valley Set” of white settlers in colonial Kenya. When one of her lovers tried to leave her, she shot him in the chest before shooting herself. They both survived and were married 5 years later.

rNKP0 TIL that American voice actor Wayne Allwine, who holds the record for the longest-running actor to play Disney’s Mickey Mouse at 32 years, was also married to the actress who voiced Minnie Mouse

pvGp TIL a “moment” is a medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.

BrVaL TIL in the 1600s Holland issued a bond that had no end date. 400 years later, the bond is now owned by Yale University, which still receives 11 euros a year in interest payments.

QJPxk TIL In October 1986 Soviet submarine K-219 suffered an explosion and sank in the mid Atlantic with an estimated 30+ nuclear warheads aboard. The cause for this explosion is contested to this day.