Post * GYNG4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that about 90-95% of infants in films are played by twins or triplets, due to child labour laws that restrict how long they can be on set.

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Q4xp TIL that CBS aired a Muppets special shortly after Jim Henson’s Death. The Muppets performed most of the special without knowledge of whom or what it was for and it was not until reading letters from children that they found out he had passed away. He left us 23 years ago today.

WkyBL TIL that after the courts found insufficient proof against his daughter’s killer, a father hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” He received 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.

rRax TIL that stars twinkle because of turbulence in the atmosphere. As a result, if you see stars twinkling at a greater rate than normal, a storm front is probably moving in.

R7Me6 TIL singer Meatloaf coudn't carry a tune until his sophomore year, when a 12-pound shot put hit him in the head; after that, he discovered he suddenly had a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range.

GeVG TIL the tallest statue in the US is the Statue of Liberty. The second tallest statue in the US is of Pegasus slaying a dragon at a horse track in Florida.