Post * 7aVL — Curious Curator

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TIL that at approximately 4:10 into Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”, Ronnie Van Zant can be heard saying “Not my fucking donuts, god damn…”

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DNjD TIL that in 1951, MGM owed the dog who played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Not planning any more Lassie movies, MGM instead gave the rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who spun it off into a TV show that ran for 19 seasons.

M7e0W TIL That in 1517 7 people were burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for the crime of teaching their children the 10 commandments and the Lord's Prayer.

8agK4 TIL in 2012 numerous government officials in Mali were detained by a military Junta after a Coup. There has been no update on the condition of these prisoners since.

graXy TIL that Beethoven's prescribed tempo for his songs is so fast that it sounds bad, and researchers think it's because he was using his metronome wrong

nW40G TIL: Button-Down and Button-Up dress shirts are 2 different things, and the terminology is referring to whether the collar is buttoned down to the shirt (or not)