Post * ne6gP — Curious Curator

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TIL Maury was previously a news anchor in Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Philly; is married to Connie Chung

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xbZb TIL Charley Parkhurst - known as one of the best stagecoach drivers on the west coast during the American gold rush was in fact a woman disguised as a man and may have been the first woman to vote in a presidential election in California.

VrZk TIL Harald Hardrada was a Viking who fled from his native Norway to Russia, then went on to become an elite guardsman in Eastern Roman Empire and fought in Iraq. He then return to Russia to marry a princess and arrived back in Norway as a king and finally invaded England with his army.

Lk0nP TIL 75% of women in a survey said that they would never marry a partner who was unemployed

ANLRw TIL there are carnivorous caterpillars that wear the skins of their prey.

E15mV TIL that SR-71 Blackbird ,the fastest manned aircraft ever doesn't have a fuel tank ,the fuel is stored in the body of the aircraft itself (for savin weight) ,the body has seams and gaps so the fuel leaks while it isn't flying. The engineers expect the pressure at higher altitudes to close the gaps.