Post * 9bQm — Curious Curator

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TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not excited about making The Terminator and told an interviewer that a pair of shoes he had for the movie was for “…some shit movie I’m doing, take a couple weeks”. He considered the movie was low profile enough that it wouldn’t risk his career if it bombed.

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EgxLw TIL 108 billion people have lived on Earth. And nearly half, 52 billion, have been killed by mosquitoes

Wgn4 TIL a man called Silvio Gesell once created ‘free money’ that depreciated over time. This money brought a german town out of an economic slump and eventually became accepted by banks.

m1Y6O TIL Jet turbine blades are made in such a way that the entire blade is a single metallic crystal, oriented so its strongest at the leading edge.

rN9D1 TIL the dreaded Emperor in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was portrayed by Marjorie Eaton, a 79 year old woman. (re-post, rule 2)

BrMrr TIL An acre was historically the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day. Poor farming technologies and the need for farmland to be close to the river means that acres were traditionally long and narrow.