Post * J1BZB — Curious Curator

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TIL Bullet proof vest was originally invented by a three pizza stores’ owner, Richard C. Davis, after gun fight during pizza delivery.

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4kOKX TIL George Lucas’s dog, an Alaskan malamute named Indiana, was often taken by the Lucases on car drives and called their ‘furry copilot’. He was an inspiration for Chewbacca and the source of Indiana Jones’ name.

xVwwb TIL that spiderwebs were used as bandages by ancient Greek and Roman soldiers, due to their antibacterial and antifungal properties, and containing vitamin K, which promotes clotting

b7Dp TIL Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story about a boy named Richard Parker being cannibalized on a ship. Decades later, a boy by that same name was eaten by his crew mates when they became stranded at sea.

R7nb9 TIL that painter Claude Monet had the lens of his eyes removed after developing cataracts. After the surgery, he started painting lilies that he had previously painted white before, as blue, leading to the idea that he could have been perceiving UV light, which most normal humans cannot.

XyAE TIL During WWII, L Ron Hubbard once led a 68 hour battle against two Japanese submarines which he claimed “definitely sunk, beyond doubt”. An analysis later concluded that there were never any submarines in the area.