Post * 9YJdM — Curious Curator

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TIL popular artist Thomas Kinkade practiced "ritual territory marking" by urinating on elevators, Disneyland sculptures, and public walkways.

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GXR7 TIL that when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, Niels Bohr had his colleagues’ Nobel medals dissolved in acid. They were stored on a shelf until after the war, when the gold was precipitated and the medals re-struck by the Nobel Foundation.

698MZ TIL a criminal named James Allen requested a copy of his deathbed confessions be bound in his skin and given to a man Allen had previously attempted to rob. The family kept it for years, using it to spank their kids and grandkids when the children misbehaved.

oRV8E TIL that Shaquille O'Neal released four rap albums between 1993-1998 which include features of rap icons such as Method Man, Redman, Warren G, Keith Murray, Phife Dog, The Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z, Rakim and Mobb Deep from which two of them were awarded with platinum and gold.

GOrN TIL that 10,000 years ago Lions were the second most widespread land mammal, after humans. They existed across Africa, Eurasia and America.

GAJ44 TIL baseball player John Lindsey spent a record 16 years in the minor leagues before being promoted to the major leagues. He made just 12 appearances in Major League Baseball before breaking his hand. He was sent back down to the Minor Leagues at the start of the next season.