Post * 9w4lQ — Curious Curator

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TIL the Rapsittie Street Kids were originally called the "Bash Street Kids" but Wolf Tracer had to change it to avoid legal action

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6Em87 TIL that, in WWII, twelve cargo ships just broke in half without warning, including three Liberty ships.

VBkkk TIL about a HUGE cannon, built in 1464 by the Ottoman military. It was still in combat use 343 Years later. It fired projectiles weighing over 2000lbs.

RJbw TIL: Sexual reproduction for barnacles is difficult, as the organisms cannot leave their shells to mate. To facilitate genetic transfer between isolated individuals, barnacles have extraordinarily long penises⁠. Barnacles probably have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom.

woZaJ TIL that Mickey Rourke turned down roles in 48 Hours, Platoon, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Rain Man, The Silence of the Lambs, Tombstone and the role of Butch in Pulp Fiction.

16g7V TIL that Copenhagen's only ski hill, CopenHill, was built on top of one of the world's cleanest waste incineration plants