Post * k6jd — Curious Curator

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TIL the word “sniper” is derived from the hunting of snipes. A snipe is a small bird said to be difficult to hit, even for experienced hunters, so anyone skilled enough to hit one was called a ‘sniper’

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LQyRZ TIL H.H. Holmes, a 19th-century serial killer, built the "Murder Castle" in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The hotel had soundproof rooms and hidden passages, allowing Holmes to lure and brutally murder unsuspecting guests, primarily young women.

E1WGW TIL that for 5000 years, Europeans built huge magnificent cities, and lived in them, just to burn them to the ground every 75 years. People in current-day Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the area, intentionally set their settlements on fire between 7000-2000 BC, for reasons still being researched.

Me9LK TIL the first auto race was held in 1894, from Paris to Rouen, France. The winner had an average speed of 10.2 miles per hour.

9m86 TIL Crocodile Dundee is based on an actual person who survived 56 days in crocodile infested outback Australia and died in a police shootout while high on amphetamines.

Men7a TIL that mint leaves can be used to get high and a mint called Salvia divinorum is used by Mazatec Shamans of Mexico because they believe its visual hallucinations are divination or prophecy. They think that this mint is an incarnation of Virgin Mary and chant a praise to Her before getting high.