Post * 69nrY — Curious Curator

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TIL Sean Astin's first acting role was in a 1981 television film titled “Please Don't Hit Me, Mom”, in which he played an eight-year-old child with an abusive mother (portrayed by his real-life mother Patty Duke).

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dDnOK TIL in 2016 a woman was cleaning up after working on a craft project with her daughter when a small speck of glitter got into her eye and cut her cornea, which created an infection and ultimately caused her to go completely blind in that eye.

J1v68 TIL that director Nicholas Ray claimed his marriage with his wife Gloria Grahame ended after he found her in bed with his 13 year old son Tony from a previous marriage. Gloria married Tony a decade later.

M75j7 TIL that Bruce Lee was only a leading man for three years. He left Hollywood broke and disappointed at only being able to secure small parts. After returning to HongKong to star in his own films, he finally starred in a Hollywood production, Enter the Dragon, before dying 3 weeks before its release.

y6pJ TIL that victorious Romans would have a slave to whisper in their ear “you are just a man” as they proceeded though the cheering crowds, to stop their egos transcending.

ZpJKv TIL that more than half of the 102 sq km (39 sq mi) island of Montserrat is in an exclusion zone due to volcanic activity.