Post * v1eaR — Curious Curator

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TIL Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are second cousins. Their grandfathers were brothers in the Bahamas.

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AN6Bo Today I learned that women's soccer was banned in many countries from the 1940s to the 1970s. In England, the ban began as early as 1921, with England's Football Association stating that "the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged."

KOMAJ TIL BMW used prisoners from concentration camps like Dachau to build their cars and plane engines during the second world war. By the end of the war, almost 50% of the 50,000-person workforce at BMW consisted of prisoners from concentration camps.

4krQo TIL that Mercedes-Benz is credited with creating the first modern automobile. In 1886, Karl Benz, one of the co-founders, designed the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first gasoline-powered car. This three-wheeled vehicle marked the beginning of the automotive era.

GANxG TIL from the 1920s-2000s, some South Koreans believed running an electric fan in a room without an open window would lead to death

GAKa7 TIL that the Wii sensor bar doesn't communicate with the Wii console at all and is just LED lights powered by a cable