Post * 9YvjG — Curious Curator

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TIL that when 'The Lonely Island' were shooting a scene involving the mugging of an old lady, passerby Keifer Sutherland assumed it was a real attack and tried to intervene.

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D1eBY TIL that the International Space Station has been described as the most expensive single item ever constructed at $150 billion.

kO4EB TIL that 2-dollar bills are actually still being made. The main reason they're so rare is not because they were discontinued, but because people think they're valuable and hoard them.

0wQv TIL that Richard Branson once engineered a hoax involving a hot air balloon designed to look like a glowing UFO, piloted by a silver suited midget.

gObA TIL caffeine can cause a sense of impending doom, especially on those prone to anxiety.

graML TIL that Militant Buddhist warrior monks were a major force during the warring states era of Japan with the ruler of kaga province being overthrown by them. They were only defeated when oda nobunaga waged a decade long war against them.