Post * 5VWMD — Curious Curator

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TIL that an Australian man survived a wildfire by scuba diving in his friend’s pool while the fire raged around him

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bZk4 TIL that Sims 2 is the top-selling pc game of all time. Right behind it - Sims.

M96a TIL Jesse Owens real name was “J. C. ”, but due to his strong southern accent people thought his name was Jesse.

18Lr TIL the U.S. Army illegally performed “psychological operations” to manipulate American senators into providing more troops and war funding – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.

LyLr TIL all copies of the film “Nosferatu” were ordered burned by a court due to a lawsuit from the heirs of Bram Stoker, who said the film was an unauthorized adaption of “Dracula” (it was). However, one copy survived the purge, and the film is recognized today as a masterpiece of horror in film.

epV64 TIL That, shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, Eugene Stoner, inventor of the AR-15, and Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, met near Washington DC and developed a friendship that lasted until Stoner's death seven years later.