Post * 69ddJ — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Pointer Sisters sing "I'm so excited" instead of "I'm suicidal". I had always wondered why the song was so happy.

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L959 TIL Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl wrote and recorded a series of songs in 1990 and 1991. He declined to introduce the songs to Kurt Cobain thinking it would disrupt Kurt’s writing process. The songs were later released under the Pseudonym “Late!” On an album called “Pocketwatch”.

4XV5g TIL an island was christened a war ship by the British Navy during a French blockade. The HMS Diamond Rock was fortified with cannons and spent 17 months hammering any passing French ships, and to this day anyone in the British Navy is required to salute the rock when they pass it.

XDKP TIL Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in three days. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. He re-wrote it, once again in three days.

VMbPk TIL Wes Anderson wasn't present during the whole shoot of Fantastic Mr. Fox - instead he had a live camera feed from up to 30 different animation units.

WlAo TIL of a restaurant called “The Heart Attack Grill,” with a hospital theme and scantily clad nurse waitresses serving the “Quadruple Bypass Burger” loaded with 9,982 calories. A customer died of a heart attack while eating a there, resulting in customers taking photos of him assuming it was a stunt.