Post * pWae — Curious Curator

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TIL, there was a serial killer in Thailand that was so feared by the people, they publicly executed him then put his body in a clear box so everyone could see he was really dead. You can still publicly view his body.

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ANjg TIL that King Abdullah II of Jordan is a direct descendent of the prophet Muhammad, also once made a cameo in Star Trek.

WBnL TIL that North Korea hijacked a commercial aircraft, abducted the passengers and never returned 11 of them

8ekgb TIL the Wei general Xiahou Ba displayed great hatred for Shu and vowed revenge for his father Xiahou Yuan after he was killed in combat. Near the end of his life, Ba would defect to Shu due to political upheaval in Wei and a personal feud with another general

lYPG TIL that the entire GoldenEye 007 game on N64 is only 12 MB.

XEJOP TIL of speed reader Kim Peek who could read a book in an hour by scanning the left page with his left eye then the right page with his right eye. He also had an exceptional memory, able to accurately recall the contents of 12,000 books.