Post * wGw1 — Curious Curator

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TIL -> Sam Adams Sells a Bottle of Beer, Once a Year, Costing About $115 per Bottle Which Typically sells out in 2-4 hours of becoming available.

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W79dA TIL that a fictional language, Wenja, was created for Far Cry Primal by a team of linguists after Ubisoft deemed the 6,000 year old Proto-Indo-European to be too modern for the game's prehistoric setting.

d8R1B TIL of the Lost Scottish Clan of Gurro in Northern Italy. The claim is that retreating Scottish Guardsmen from a defeated French Army stopped in town and recreated their ways there, which remained preserved to this day.

QNlw6 TIL of the 'Nevada Triangle'. Located close to Area 51, it is more deadly than the Bermuda Triangle, claiming 2000 missing aircraft in 60 years, and average of 3 per month. Most are never found.

5NQD TIL that the terms “hooker” and “sideburns” were popularized and invented respectively during the Civil War. General Joseph Hooker’s army was known to party and hire prostitutes, while General Ambrose Burnside’s facial hair spoke for itself

6E987 TIL A man walked into a publisher's office with 14 pictures and a title to go along with each picture. He said he would come back with the full stories, but never showed up. The pictures have captivated writer's for years.