Post * E7lP — Curious Curator

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TIL that, in all 403 of his episodes, Bob Ross used the same 8 colors on his pallette so that his audience didn’t “have to go out and buy 1500 different kinds of colors” in order to paint along with him each week.

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WkRMo TIL that Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain in 2024. Characters such as Batman, Superman and the Looney Tunes will follow suite between 2031 and 2035. A character in the public domain has no copyright meaning it can be used by any artist in their works

b9XyE TIL Queen Elizabeth once went for a walk near her Balmoral estate with one of her protection officers and met some American tourists who didn’t recognise her. They asked her if she’d ever met the Queen and she said “No”, then pointed to her officer and said “he has”. They didn’t connect the dots.

E1Jxw TIL "Happy Birthday Mr. President" - Marilyn Monroe's form-fitting, flesh-colored dress - a sequined stunner she wore to serenade President Kennedy at his birthday at Madison Square Garden in 1962 - sold for a record $1.26 million at an auction in 1999.

QK5L TIL that an FBI agent a.k.a “Donnie Brasco” infiltrated the mob for 6 years to the point that he was going to be “made” but was pulled out because his superiors decided that the operation was becoming too dangerous.

jN6RR TIL that a Great Storm devastated England in 1703. The damage included more than 400 destroyed windmills; in some the sails turned so fast that the friction caused the wooden wheels to overheat and catch fire, burning them down.