Post * KOW4E — Curious Curator

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TIL about a serial killer, who was active in the 70s and 80s, and was caught almost 40 years later in 2018, thanks to the DNA testing company and tissue from his garbage can

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R7oe8 TIL American distributor of the movie Once Upon a Time in America shortened it to 139 minutes, without the director's involvement. That version was a critical and commercial flop in the US. Meanwhile, European Cut (229 mins) has remained as one of the best gangster movie ever by many critics

e0jvk TIL there is a spider species, Bagheera kiplingi, that is mostly herbivorous, even actively avoiding confrontation with other insects while foraging for food. They sometimes rarely steal ant larvae or cannibalize during dry season, when the plant they prefer would be unavailable.

9wdKm TIL in 2001 an artist covered a house in Powell, Wyoming with 10,000 pounds of government issued pepper Jack cheese. The town was so excited about the Cheese House they even threw a parade and crowned a Cheese King and Queen.

VBky4 TIL about Don‘s Plum, the movie Leonardo Di Caprio fought against in court and won which has stopped its release to the big screen. If however you want to see it, you can mail the writer at freedonsplum@gmail.com and he’ll happily provide you with an URL to watch the movie with a very misogynist Leo

J1AM8 TIL that, in 1993, a Bulls fan named Don Calhoun won a million dollars for making a 75-foot shot at the basket (from the free-throw line at the opposite end of the court)