Post * 9w0NG — Curious Curator

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TIL of Li Tobler, an actress and model who dated H.R. Giger and was the inspiration for many of the women in his art.

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XEKAD TIL Brooke Shields was only 14 when "The Blue Lagoon" was filmed

QNkBa TIL Walter Hudson, once the world’s heaviest man, went from 1,200 lbs to 520 lbs (272 kg). He died at 600 lbs. He also held title for largest waist at 119 inches (302 cm). His body remained in his room while authorities figured how to get him out as he would not fit through the door.

4XxVJ TIL that the longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.

b9KP0 TIL New Zealand was home to some of the largest birds on Earth around 600 years ago, the Moas. These ostrich-like birds were as tall as 3m but went extinct due to overhunting by the first Polynesian settlers.

8aZnL TIL about Judah Friedlander, of the sitcom 30 Rock. His ever-changing, slogan-bearing trucker hats became a gag on the show. Friedlander makes his hats himself and created enough of them to be able to wear a different one in each scene of 30 Rock, which was about three hats per show for 6 seasons.