Post * 16LGX — Curious Curator

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TIL that during the 12‑year shoot of Boyhood(2014), director Richard Linklater’s daughter Lorelei asked him to kill off her character because she no longer wanted to continue. He refused, saying a dramatic death didn’t fit the film’s natural, low‑drama style.

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jvEE TIL that J.J Tomson was awarded a Nobel prize for discovering particle like nature of electron while his son G.P. Thomson is awarded Nobel prize for discovering wave like nature of electron

ngK9 TIL that Emily Blunt developed a debilitating stutter in her childhood, which couldn’t be cured by speech or relaxation coaches. It was cured when she was asked to speak in an accent in the school play

rNVye TIL - There are 12’000 tonnes of ordnance ammunition and bombs in various lakes across Switzerland, including phosgene bombs in lake Geneva (Leman)

8eBWa TIL there are 352 million discovered knots

5VaQk TIL that in India, 114 schools are run under the Ministry of Railways, originally established by the British to cater to the educational needs of the children of railway staff.