Post * x69Oo — Curious Curator

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TIL Until 2019, male members of the U.S. Marine Corps were not allowed to use umbrellas while in uniform.

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dDaB7 TIL: Harold Cole was known as one of the "worst traitors" of WW2 by both sides. He was a conman who joined the French Air Force, then joined the Nazis when they took France, then betrayed the Nazis to feed intel the British, then joined the US Army, and then deserted. He was called, "utter shit".

VnBZ TIL the Arkansas School for the Deaf’s nickname is the Leopards. The Deaf Leopards.

QJAxX TIL that Bear Spray, an irritant used to deter bears, is actually quite weaker than the pepper sprays intended for human attackers.

MemJb TIL that a combination of “fernet and cola is so popular in Argentina that the country consumes more than 75 percent of all fernet produced globally

yQnxX TIL Luxembourg's version of Superman is Superjhemp, who unlike the American version has a sizeable belly and draws his powers from eating cheese and drinking beer. He also flies around with his hands in his pockets, "because every real Luxembourger has his hands in his pockets".