Post * kODjm — Curious Curator

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TIL that while less than 10% of people don't wear a seat belt, they make up almost 50% of car crash fatalities

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oBbdK TIL that director Alejandro Jodorowksy planned to make Dune in 1975. The character of the Padishah Emperor was to be played by artist Salvador Dali.

Brmnr TIL in 1987 Iraq attacked the United States ship USS Stark and killed 37 sailors

nenGb TIL Freya, the Norse goddess of love, traveled by a chariot that was pulled by 2 cats. The cats are thought to be gifts from Thor.

xWEk TIL the kings in the 4 card suits supposedly represent great rulers in history. The king of spades is David, king of Israel; the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia; the king of hearts is the French king Charlemagne; and the king of diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus.

8BRK TIL the Hungarian national anthem, “Himnusz,” is an 8 verse lament about the sadness, despair, lost wars, corpses, and destroyed cities suffered by the Hungarian people because of their sinfulness.