Post * 16VXP — Curious Curator

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TIL about panspermia, the possibility of life on Earth emerging from it, and the possibility of using it a way of seeding planets with our genetic materials for life to grow on other planets.

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LpOQ TIL that derived from the Greek, the word ‘utopia’ literally means 'nowhere’.

8rWG TIL Led Zeppelin let Ben Affleck use “When the Levee Breaks” in Argo with condition he digitally alter the player’s needle drop to correct spot on the record.

OogwX TIL John Lennon stubbed a cigarette out on a Henri Matisse painting while drunk at the Playboy Mansion, causing the painting to increase in value from its $15m price

6E9jw TIL that though Thomas Kinkade designed his paintings, the widely sold prints were produced through a semi-industrial process in which prints were factory produced and then manually touched up by low-level apprentices who embellished the prefabricated base.

KOPd9 TIL of Adolfo Kaminsky, a 18 year-old French forger who faked IDs for Jews during WWII. He once worked for 3 days straight to make papers for 300 children until he passed out. He kept his work a secret - his own daughter only learned the details while writing a book about him.