Post * BXrK — Curious Curator

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TIL They used to use urine to tan animal skins. Families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day sell it to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were considered “Piss Poor”.

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yRYV TIL that Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell from Leave It to Beaver, became a police officer for the LAPD and was shot three times while on a foot chase with a car thief. He was placed on disability and later retired after 18 years on the force.

kk94 TIL a pizza delivery man had a bomb strapped round his neck and was forced to rob a bank. He was arrested by police, and was killed after the bomb detonated.

9ROm TIL Jackass began because Johnny Knoxville wanted to test self defense equipment on himself and write articles about it. The tests were filmed and Jackass was born.

VMv5k TIL In 1962 the Canadian Navy accidentally shelled an American town with live rounds

bkep TIL Ozzy Osbourne’s entire genome was once analyzed by scientists to determine how his body survived decades of drug abuse.