Post * DL0V — Curious Curator

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TIL it is estimated that 40% of all humans to have ever been born did not live past their first birthday.

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ExAP TIL There is Book Store that takes up a full city block in Portland, Oregon.

e0Lvn TIL that sections of the Great Wall of China were first built in the 7th century BC to try and stop the constant invading and pillaging by Mongol hordes. This indicates by the time Genghis Khan was born, Mongols had a 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 year history of being intimidating war-saavy plunderers.

V69G TIL: When the mummified body of Ramses II was transported in 1974, it was issued an Egyptian passport, which listed his occupation as “King (deceased).”

ymoe TIL of Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who took third in the 1968 Olympics and the third athlete in the iconic black power photo. He was shunned in his home country from that moment on for his often unnoticed presence in the photograph.

6rol TIL Joe Pesci’s “Am I a clown? Do I amuse you?” scene in Goodfellas was based on an anecdote from his life. Martin Scorsese liked the story so much, he had Pesci use it in the movie. Only Pesci and Ray Liotta knew that the scene would be improvised.