Post * n8pP — Curious Curator

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TIL Tetris was originally created as a simple game to test the capabilities of new Soviet hardware. This is the original version.

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PvJL TIL that the version of the Star-Spangled Banner traditionally heard at sports events is only the first of four original verses written by Francis Scott Key. Most Americans have never heard the last three.

PyPw TIL the ‘church’ of Scientology has its own prison

MLAB TIL the US State Department charges a fee of $2,350 to any individual who wishes to renounce his or her American citizenship.

WkrlY TIL that bees can recognise human faces!!

gMM9W TiL about General Walton Walker who commanded in WW1-2 and Korea. He served directly under General George Patton who died from an accident involving his staff car. Walker later commanded an Army of his own in Korea but later also died from an accident involving his staff car.