Post * oWyL — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a a fake bomb detector produced in the UK that has been sold to 20 countries in the Middle East and Far East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, for as much as $60,000 per unit. The fake bomb detector is still in use by police and army in those countries.

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JV6B TIL: Each Razzie for “Wild Wild West” was accepted in person by Robert Conrad, who had portrayed Jim West in the original series and subsequent TV films. He accepted the awards to show his objections to the movie.

gMXPW TIL Quebec "unofficially" got rid of Slavery in 1798, 35 years before it was abolished, because the Chief of Justice couldn't find any laws to punish an escaped slave named Charlotte who refused to return to her master- so he set her free. Other slaves found out and started doing the same thing.

8XRG TIL that a former child model once known as “Britain’s Little Angel” ended up in jail after murdering a doctor while high on cocaine.

KYr4 TIL That a team of escaped Polish pilots, Squadron 303, claimed the highest number of kills of any Allied Squadron in WWII: they were only 5% of the active pilots in the Battle of Britain but were responsible for 12% of total victories.

94YD TIL Spain’s Paralympic basketball team were ordered to return their gold medals won in Sydney in 2000 after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability.