Post * JDZB — Curious Curator

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TIL that the director of Cannibal Holocaust Ruggero Deodato was accused of actually murdering the actors in the film to make the deaths more realistic. He had them sign a contract to stay out of the media for a year to make it seem like they had truely died.

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xV6Do TIL Tryptophan in turkey isn’t what makes us tired after Thanksgiving dinner, it’s the overeating of carbohydrates. Turkey contains no more tryptophan than chicken or beef, and nuts and cheeses actually contain more.

jOen TIL Google offers employees free condoms that come in blue, red, green, and yellow and have the phrase “I’m Feeling Lucky!” printed on them.

5VWEB TIL that one of the first baseball All-Star games was played to raise money for player Addie Joss's widow after he died from meningitis in 1911. 9 future Hall of Famers played in the game, including Ty Cobb and Cy Young.

xVxp0 TIL about Denny, the first remains discovered of a half-Denisovan, half-Neanderthal human

pYAJA TIL that despite being besieged virtually continuously through more than three years of civil war, Plymouth never fell to the enemy.