Post * 9YAmM — Curious Curator

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TIL Stalin's Granddaughter is a Buddhist that runs an antique shop in Portland, Oregon

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vPVYj TIL that in order to get the right emotional reaction from his two leading men on "Hello, Sister!", Erich von Stroheim tied a 12-ft piece of string to their tallywackers, ran it down their pant leg, and would yank on it.

KORKE TIL of 'The Comet', a sci-fi short story written in 1920 by American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois. It tells the story of a Black man and White woman who survive when the population of New York is obliterated. It is credited by many as the foundation for writers of Afrofuturism.

MeJLa TIL croissant is actually from Austria and was created as a celebration of viennese bakers who screwed ottomans' siege in the 17th century, and that's why it's crescent moon-shaped

QJNZL TIL that cheating and cheats' making is illegal in South Korea.

b9rlE TIL the Chinese Government claims only ≈200 were killed during the Tiananmen Square protests, though, recent findings indicate over 10,000+ were massacred.