Post * jrlj — Curious Curator

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TIL After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, hundreds of people (many of them already injured), made their way towards Nagasaki. Of these, 165 survived BOTH atomic bombings and lived to tell the tale.

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XE0JR TIL of the Carlisle Indians who pioneered many trick plays still used in football. They were so successful that the NCAA spent off-seasons creating rules to prevent their trickery. Famous names associated with the team include Jim Thorpe & Pop Warner.

VBwNG TIL there is a strawberry in Japan that costs $500

nW69B TIL that in the 1970s, researchers discovered a tribe in Papua New Guinea that was immune to a deadly disease called Kuru.

BrYZe TIL that when Winston Churchill was angry, he would throw his dentures across the room.

xJX7 TIL Pierce Brosnan was approached by a man in a Dublin bar who asked to shake his hand. He complied and then cracked up when the man said, “That’s the closest my hand will ever get to Halle Berry’s arse”.