Post * mxPaY — Curious Curator

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TIL about Xu Xiadong, a Chinese Mixed Martial artist who keeps on challenging grandmasters propagating fake martial arts and defeats them. The Chinese government and people continuously harass him and his family. He even has been made wear clown make up while fighting. But he continues to fight.

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WGBL TIL after Ameila Earhart’s plane was presumed lost, all subsequent distress calls were treated as hoaxes. Recent research concluded however that half of the calls, many of which were received by amateur radio operators, were credible, indicating that she may have survived for weeks after the crash.

56xP TIL a 90-Year-Old Lady Seduced and Killed Nazis as a Teenager

Jnlj TIL Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi opened a Blues Brothers Bar in Chicago. It was unlicensed, and shut down by the authorities in 1982.

9wOB7 TIL the white sushi rolls (ex California Roll) is an inside-out sushi roll called "uramaki" and it was invented in N. America by Japanese chef, Ichiro Machita in LA, in the 60s as a way to introduced people outside of Japan to sushi, bc the seaweed on the outside was not as appealing to non-Japanese

mQQE TIL Afghanistan has been invaded by Greek, Arab, Mongol, Mughal, Persian, British, Sikh and USSR empires. They all failed to capture Afghanistan completely.