Post * yV8Nw — Curious Curator

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TIL Paul Anka wrote "My Way" for Frank Sinatra because Frank told him he was retiring from the music industry.

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D1D5p TIL that the world uses 27,000 trees worth of toilet paper every day.

OoByg TIL that Stalin's daughter caused an international furor when she defected and became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

e5x6 TIL that the word goodbye comes from an abbreviation of ‘God be with ye’ (godbwye)

x68Jb TIL Grover Cleveland acted as an executioner while serving as the elected Sheriff of Erie County in 1870. He executed two people before refusing a second term.

kOo8e TIL In 1884 the mining town of Animas Forks, CO, experienced a 23 day blizzard that buried the town under 25 feet of snow. The townspeople dug tunnels from home to home to get by.