Post * xa5k — Curious Curator

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TIL some U.S. bars and restaurants have been misleading patrons by replacing their standard 16-ounce pint glasses with nearly identical looking 14-ounce glasses

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K4E TIL a British army doctor was the lone survivor of a 16,000-strong expeditionary force which was massacred by Afghans in Kabul.

grvnA TIL Don Quixote, considered one of the first modern novels, is also one of the first stories that uses meta-fiction, as the author plays pretend that his story comes from historical sources and had to search for lost documents and translations to complete it.

DQMnD TIL Samuel L Jackson held Martin Luther King Sr. hostage and was expelled from Morehouse College before later becoming an usher at MLK Jr.’s funeral

GYBw4 TIL Kate Bush topped the UK charts at just 19 y/o with her debut single 'Wuthering Heights', the first female artist to do so with a self-written song, and in 2016 she had 8 albums in the UK Top 40 simultaneously, the third-most for any artist, behind only Elvis and the Beatles.

R7X5w TIL about the Storozhevoy's mutiny. Valery Sablin, the ship's political commissar, detained the captain and other officers, prompting a manhunt involving half of the Baltic fleet, including 13 naval vessels and 60 warplanes. This incident was the basis for Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October.