Post * mxA8P — Curious Curator

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TIL the football huddle originated at Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf, when the team noticed their opponents were trying to read their signs in order to guess their plays.

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MeOeA TIL for centuries, India practiced sati, where widows were obliged to commit suicide upon their husband’s death, often by self-immolation on their funeral pyre. The British banned it in the 19th century

P4WV TIL that entirely poodle teams have competed in the Iditarod

LaRr TIL that China, Bangladesh and Grenada are the only countries where the female suicide rate is higher than the male rate

LQQEp TIL about the Battle of Graveney Marsh. In 1940, a German bomber was shot down over England, with it crash-landing near Graveney. The crew initially refused to surrender, and opened fire on approaching british troops. After a short battle, the german troops surrendered

XEkBX There's so much more to the trippy concentric terraces at Moray than meets the eye.