Post * xVvA7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that until 1805 in the US, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president

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djME TIL ciabatta is not a traditional Italian bread- it was invented in the 80s as a response to the popularity of baguettes

DYOg TIL that Ada Lovelace, considered the world’s first programmer, was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron.

nWrYW Till in 1936 a group of Imperial Japanese Army officers attempted to coup d'état Japan

m6wE TIL that the Disney movie “Moana” had to change its title in Italy to “Oceania” because of a famous pornstar with the same name

xnPg TIL of “Yasuke” the first recorded foreign born samurai in Japan from the 16th century. He was a black man from Mozambique and would have been extremely tall at the time. It was reported he had the strength of 10 men.