Post * wEVE — Curious Curator

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TIL Otto Von Bismarck predicted the start of World war I with quote “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).”

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wLwQ1 TIL that whales closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses.

k4A4 TIL Charles Wagner - inventor of the electric tattoo machine - was arrested in in 1943 and released with a small fine after arguing he was doing “essential war work,” tattooing clothes on naked women, thus allowing tattooed men to join the Navy.

7rkrx TIL despite being synonymous with Italian cuisine, tomatoes were not incorporated into the Italian diet until the late 17th or early 18th century. The earliest mention of a tomato in Italy was in 1548, but the view was that they "were to be sought only for their beauty"

0wN0A TIL that in 2006, a young couple lost for three nights in the San Jacinto mountains was rescued in part by a signal fire started from matches found in the abandoned camp of a lost hiker who vanished exactly one year before their predicament.

WDP9 TIL that while recording Sex Pistols song Pretty Vacant in 1977, John Lydon emphasized “vacant”’s second syllable - so he could sneak the word ‘ct’ onto TV/radio. 35 years later the song was played in London’s 2012 Olympics opening ceremony – so Britain sneakily said 'ct’ to the entire world.