Post * oRxYr — Curious Curator

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TIL that John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, has a living grandson

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VBGxB TIL Saoirse Ronan's father is also an actor who plays a postman with a crippling gambling addiction in an Irish soap opera

OGAJg TIL: During a very cold winter in the Little Ice Age (1658), the Swedish army under Charles X Gustav successfully marched across ice temporarily connecting the larger Danish islands including a 19 km crossing of the Storebælt (Great Belt).

nAZd TIL in 1873 a classic adventure novel “Around the World in 80 Days” was published in France. Six years later an American woman journalist by the pen name of Nellie Bly completed the trip with the described itinerary in 72 days with nothing more than a handbag and travel money tied around her neck.

nbwo TIL That poorly designed doors (doors that aren’t obvious if you push, pull, turn a handle, etc to open) are called “Norman Doors” and are named after Don Norman who writes about how it should be obvious as to how everyday items function

W7MA4 TIL the USA ran secret radiation experiments on unconsenting patients