Post * 49bo — Curious Curator

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TIL evidence of the oldest man/dog relationship is in a French cave. Side-by-side foot and paw prints were discovered. The 26,000 year old tracks were left behind by a young boy and his wolf companion.

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neGBo TIL in the UK, Superman was portrayed in an anti-smoking campaign against his arch rival Nick O’Teen - an evil villain who looked like a human cigarette butt with yellow stained teeth. The campaign was aimed at kids aged 7 to 11 and 800,000 of them ask for an anti-smoking campaign pack via the mail.

yVOjp TIL that Stevie Wonder not only composed, sang, wrote the lyrics and played keyboards on his song "Superstition," he also played the bass part on a bass synthesizer and played the iconic drum part drum too after being inspired by guitarist Jeff Beck. The only part he didn't play were the horns

5YLZ9 TIL that the name Mercedes was the name of the daughter of an entrepreneur Emil Jellinek who worked with the Diamler Motors Corporation and helped create the Mercedes 35hp in 1900

W4jX TIL once Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked how it’s like to stand on the moon, he said “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, Look at that, you son of a bitch.”

YpBDv TIL Humpty Dumpty wasn't an egg, but a large piece of artillery mounted on a castle wall, that got damaged in the English Civil War (allegedly).