Post * 1QY7 — Curious Curator

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TIL At the high school graduation of Michael Reagan, Ronald Reagan’s adopted son, Ronald Reagan forgot who his son was, greeting him with “My name is Ronald Reagan. What’s yours?”

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GYQ1Q TIL Norman Borlaug is an agronomist responsible for saving over a billion lives from starvation due to his work in creating drought and disease resistant crops.

jNMyv TIL that a girl who was abducted at 3 saw her own face on a milk carton. It is one of very few success stories of the missing children milk carton campaign.

dpeE TIL that Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based the book on his personal experience working for a chocolate factory in his youth, with giant elaborate machines and secretive practices as a result of spies and espionage attempts between competing factories.

Oodm6 TIL The Russo brothers only allowed Robert Downey Jr. to read the entire 'Avengers: Endgame' script. This was done to help make it easier to contain spoilers and leaks of plot points by having fewer eyes on the full script.

XE9YX TIL the Cavendish family owns Lismore Castle, Chatsworth House, Bolton Abbey, Holker Hall, Hardwick Hall, Compton Place, several villages, miles of river, and 70,000+ acres of land, all while receiving subsidies from British taxpayers.