Post * D7MP — Curious Curator

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TIL The word “Bupkis,” common slang for “nothing,” comes from the Yiddish phrase meaning “having about as much worth as goat turds.”

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4XXNb TIL The suns diameter is 864,000 miles & There are 86,400 seconds in a day on earth.

kJrDg TIL that Shaquille O'Neal was offered and declined the role of John Coffey in The Green Mile.

LQ1Zd TIL that it's a common misconception that Tennessee Williams choked to death on a bottle cap and that his death report was corrected several months later (in August 1983) to say that he died from a toxic level of Seconal (a barbituary).

wLbY TIL Chickens are easily hypnotised by drawing a line in front of them

1aYDP TIL that in 1952, Stalin proposed German reunification under a "neutral and democratic" government, but was turned down by the West. It is still debated whether the offer was a bluff, a trick, or a genuine missed opportunity for reunification.