Post * nl4Y — Curious Curator

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TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head with a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead.

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VMynB TIL that Battlefield Earth, a 1982 science fiction novel written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, has been praised by numerous fantasy and science fiction authors, among them Neil Gaiman, Frederik Pohl, and Kevin J. Anderson

ymEJ TIL that in the 1780s, the Austrian army attacked itself by mistake and lost over 10,000 men

4kkRX TIL About retired South Korean boxer Byun Jung-il who lost his bantam weight match at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Upset by the loss he refused to leave the ring for over an hour to the point that officials turned out the lights in the auditorium until he left.

wLwE TIL A professor died from from dropping a few drops of a substance called Dimethylmercury on her glove when conducting an experiment.

R7KJj TIL the co-creator of Street Fighter, Takashi Nishiyama, also created and produced titles such as Moon Patrol, Kung Fu Master, Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters.