Post * 4eQJ — Curious Curator

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TIL more civilians died in China due to crimes against humanity than in Germany and Poland combined.

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kw6E TIL that Paul Newman, voicing Doc Hudson in the Cars movie, died before Cars 2 and therefore Pixar included that Doc Hudson died before Cars 2 takes place.

NE98 TIL author Tess Gerritsen wrote a book called Gravity in 1999 about a woman scientist on the ISS who has to escape after satellite debris destroys the station. She sold the rights to New Line in 2000, who attached Alfonso Cuaron to direct. Cuaron has since claimed he came up with the story.

b0rp TIL in the UK black people on average use less drugs than white people, but are 6 times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs.

5VxgP TIL In the 1790 census, a member of the House of Representatives had an average of 34,436 constituents. In the 2020 census, the average was 761,169.

0dAO1 TIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of Zelda, but had to change it because the song's copyright had not yet expired.