Post * 4kr7X — Curious Curator

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TIL Bill Murray stared in 2004 movie Garfield because he confused Joel Cohen, writer of the movie, to Joel Coen, one of the Coen brothers.

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78kNb TIL of Shelley Jackson’s Skin Project. Each single word of her 2095 word novella is tattooed on a separate volunteer.

1aaOr TIL that UK's Crown Estate has a total value is about $16.5 billion (Apr'16). This includes 263,000 farmed acres, half of the U.K.’s shoreline and almost all the seabed to the 12-mile territorial limit. Queen Elizabeth and family receive 15% of all the money, almost $400 million annually.

MJY0 TIL when ISIS fighters were approached by Kurdish female fighters, they were told by their commanders to back off so they wouldn’t be killed by them. This is because Jihadists believe that if they die to a woman they will be deprived of heaven.

awxQo TIL African American designer Ann Lowe made Jacqueline Bouvier's wedding dress... twice. A flood ruined the 1st ivory silk taffeta gown ten days before the date. Lowe hired extra staff to finish on time, barely avoiding bankruptcy. When asked who made the dress, Jackie said, "A Colored woman".

oRPxr TIL Stonehenge used to be owned by one man, Cecil Chubb. He bought it as a gift for his wife, who didn’t appreciate the gesture, as she’d sent him to buy curtains.