Post * 9wbRQ — Curious Curator

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TIL about John Myatt, a British artist convicted of art forgery, was initially honest about the nature of his paintings. However, John Drewe, a regular customer, convinced him to sell some of his works as genuine. Myatt used only emulsion paint and K-Y Jelly in his creations.

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d8Ko8 TIL e.g doesn't stand for "example given", it stands for "exempli gratia" (for example) and i.e stands for "id est" (in other words), and they're not interchangeable.

M7mGA TIL the tragic story of New Zealander Kerry Hamill, murdered by the Khmer Rouge. Kerry left clues for his loved ones in his forced confession, this included using his home phone number as his secret CIA digits and claiming Colonel Sanders was a superior officer.

P1YyJ TIL: The Pirate speak in many films comes from a single actor talking like the fishermen contemporary to his childhood home in early 20th century England

LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.

yere TIL the original version of the French film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, was lost in a fire, the master negatives were found 53 years later in a Norwegian mental institute by a janitor in a closet.