Post * yYyw — Curious Curator

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TIL: In 2013, a man bought a house next to his ex-wife, so he could install a middle finger statue.

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N7RMP TIL in 1989, the American Homecoming Act helped children born from U.S soldiers in Vietnam come to the U.S with their families. They based this only on the child's appearance. It was controversial since it didn't apply to the kids of U.S soldiers in other countries.

p8Q1p TIL The symbol "℞", sometimes transliterated as "Rx", is recorded in 16th century manuscripts as an abbreviation of the late Latin instruction recipe, meaning 'take thou'. Originally abbreviated Rc, the later convention of using a slash to indicate abbreviation resulted in the modern common symbol.

5Yw19 TIL that in April 1943, Jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto started an uprising against the Nazis. The revolt ended a month later, resulting in the deaths of only 100 Nazis, and over 57000 Jews being killed during the Uprising or in the aftermath.

D1J7r Today I learned how to speak Enchanting Table. The Standard Galactic Alphabet, or SGA, was featured in the game 'Commander Keen'. It can be easily translated and is included in the Minecraft 2013 Annual

1ajBX TIL Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Rob McElhenney (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) bought a soccer team together, Wrexham AFC, a Welsh club that plays in English soccer’s fifth tier.