Post * 07yv — Curious Curator

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TIL that for over an hour on February 7th 2008, Comcast accidentally broadcast porn instead of Cartoon Network in Nashville, Tennessee. In another incident, Comcast replaced Disney Channel with hardcore porn for subscribers in Lincroft, New Jersey.

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0dZZv TIL 1878 was the year of the last witch trial - for perspective of how recent that is - it was only 18 years before the invention of the radio. It took until 1918 to finally declare witch trials were a thing of the past.

78OGr TIL the Sheena Easton hit song 9 to 5 was released in the United States under the alternate title of Morning Train. This is because three months prior Dolly Parton had a hit song in the USA that was also called 9 to 5

mxnY TIL that 9 hikers in Russia were found dead in 1959. They ripped their tents open from the inside, ran barefoot through the snow at -30 degrees C, and were found with crushed skulls and one was missing their tounge. AND their clothing was found to be highly radioactive.

woVoW TIL Daniel Thompson was the inventor of the "Thompson Bagel Machine," which led to mass production of bagels, and also the inventor of the Folding Table Tennis Table.

XmwP TIL the origin of The Swedish Chef: Jim Henson had this tape that he used to play which was ‘How to Speak Mock Swedish’. And he would drive to work trying to make a chicken sandwich in Mock Swedish or make a turkey casserole in Mock Swedish.