Post * wpbW — Curious Curator

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TIL a pigeon was held in India and kept under police guard on allegation of spying for Pakistan

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yVvWX TIL that Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around for over 100 years

Vn1G TIL the youngest female to give birth Linda Medina was 5 years and 7 months old. In May 1939 she gave birth to a 6LB baby boy named Gerardo.

vPZ8r TIL the california raisins collapsed an entire agricultural union. "discontinued 2002, with the collapse of the California Raisin Advisory Board; members of the grape farming industry were growing alarmed at the increased fees, driven by an ever-escalating amount of money being spent on CR"

50VP TIL that, after Richard Feynman was named the world’s smartest man by Omni magazine, his mother said, “If that’s the world’s smartest man, God help us.”.

n7mB TIL the “Free North Korea Radio” broadcasts news of the outside world across the border from South Korea. It was founded by Kim Seong Min, who escaped North Korea by jumping off a train.