Post * l1X7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the magestic screeching sound that we all thought was the American Bald Eagle, is actually a red-tailed hawk. This is what the Bald Eagle’s call really sounds like.

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Vd4G TIL that during production of the notoriously convoluted 1946 noir classic The Big Sleep, neither the director nor the screenwriters knew if a character was supposed to have commit suicide or been murdered, so they contacted the book’s author, Raymond Chandler, and he didn’t know either.

M7Kkm TIL about Constantine Diogenes, a peasant in the Byzantine Empire who simply pretended to be the emperor’s son and managed to assemble a Cuman army to invade off the back of his baseless claim

e0yb6 TIL one of the most famously misattributed quotes is Winston Churchill saying "When Muslims are in the minority they are very concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights." Although he's frequently quoted for that statement, he never actually said that.

Bg1Jk TIL Many things were named after President Hoover during the Great Depression. There were the shanty towns named 'Hoovervilles', an empty out turned pocket was a "Hoover flag", worn out shoes were patched with cardboard known as "Hoover leather", and a horse drawn automobile was a 'Hoover wagon'.

epPW4 TIL what "FYIFV" means at Microsoft. "Fuck You, I'm Fully Vested" means that a person is so rich from Microsoft stock that he can be completely honest to coworkers and can leave anytime.