Post * GYpkG — Curious Curator

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TIL that the landlocked country of Mongolia has a navy with only one vessel with a strength of seven men, one of whom can swim

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P1Z7J TIL that Osamu Tezuka was invited to work on 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, a fan of Astro Boy. Tezuka, despite his interest, had to say no, because he could not afford to move to England for a year.

WALB TIL that ‘art’ used to be an Olympic sport. Artists were award gold, silver and bronze medals for architecture, painting, sculpture, music and literature across multiple Summer Olympics in the early 20th Century. The 'arts’ were dropped from the Games because they drew too many professional artists.

VMeam TIL of Elan School, a child behavior modification camp operating from 1970-2011. Using Lord of The Flies style techniques, they would psychologically destroy the children for years, leading to extraordinarily high suicide rates. If a child escaped, bounty hunters would chase them across the country.

Knwa TIL that the first woman to serve in the US senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922. She was 87 and served for only one day. She championed prison reform, women’s rights, and education. She was the last member of Congress to have owned slaves, was a white supremacist and openly supported lynching.

VBLJB TIL George C. Scott called the Oscars "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons," and sent a telegram to the Academy telling them that he'd be refusing the award, and didn't even want his name on the ballot.