Post * 7GOZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that Vincent van Gogh put candles in his hat so he could paint at night, walked ridiculously fast, was a widow-chaser, and never once signed his paintings “Van Gogh”.

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LQr6P TIL Beer was banned in Iceland until 1989-Iceland went through a prohibition of beer which began in 1915. Every March 1st, the country celebrates “Bjórdagurinn” or “Beer Day” commemorating the end of a 74-year beer ban.

QmXa TIL that the scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day where a helicopter flies under an overpass was not CGI, it was stunt performed by helicopter pilot Chuck Tamburro. The stunt was so dangerous that the film crew refused to film it, so James Cameron had to film the sequence himself.

lokEa A study published in the Indian Dermatology Online Journal found that smokers are two and half times more likely to develop premature gray hair than people who do not smoke.

995G TIL In 2006 casino mogul Steve Wynn was set to conduct the largest art transaction in history by selling Picasso’s Le Rêve for $139 million. The day before the transaction was set to take place Wynn accidentally stuck his elbow through the painting.

ZryR TIL William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony, was a year old when his father died so he was sent to live with his grandfather, who died two years later so he was sent to live with his mother, she died one year later.