Post * 5YyPr — Curious Curator

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TIL Kelsey Grammer based Sideshow Bob's voice on actor Ellis Rabb, who he briefly worked for hanging wallpaper

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5YjBQ TIL that Mary, Queen of Scots, was raised in France, was married to the French king, and signed documents that any son she bore would rule both realms. But for Elizabeth I's outmaneuvering of her rival, Scotland might well have spent the past four centuries as part of France instead of Britain.

rRyjW TIL about The Mariko Aoki phenomenon in Japan. It's the urge to defecate that is suddenly felt after entering bookstores

0w89R TIL of Tim Johnson, a Congressman who called at least 100 of his constituents per day, every day throughout his 12 years in office.

w9xM TIL when Governor Len Small of Illinois was acquitted of embezzlement, eight of the jurors who made the decision received state jobs

xVdko TIL researchers have found that the brain’s frontal cortex not only controls vision; it leaves out things in plain sight. Although the eye's vision appear like a camera, in actuality, it is actively constructing a visual scene and making decisions about it.