Post * yV0BX — Curious Curator

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TIL that Canada now has higher property and violent crime rates than the United States of America.

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rRx01 TIL during the Gulf War, the U.S. dropped a 6,800 kg BLU-82 bomb to conduct psychological warfare against Iraqi troops. A British SAS unit that witnessed the explosion assumed the U.S. had used a nuclear weapon and radioed back to their headquarters, "Sir, the blokes have just nuked Kuwait!".

0nPj TIL Elon Musk originally came to America by showing up unannounced at a relatives house in Canada. He had to work odd jobs until he could afford to go to college, including cleaning boilers so filthy that he required a hazmat suit.

DPmr TIL that in WWI, the Scottish Black Watch infantry were called, “The Ladies from Hell” because of their kilts and vicious fighting ability.

b67Y0 TIL only 8 players have been to 5 consecutive World Cups. Half of them are Mexican.

vgZD TIL that in 1993, an Army husband cut off his wifes lovers head, dropped in her lap while she was in the hospital pregnant and said “"Look Diane, Glover’s here. He’ll sleep with you every night, only you won’t sleep at night”