Post * KOk5J — Curious Curator

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TIL how the severing the Corpus Callosum can change the way the halves of the brain communicate.

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epy6g TIL the most filmed author in any language is William Shakespeare. More than 410 feature-length film and TV versions of his plays have been produced.

joQM TIL the potato chip was believed to have originated in 1853 when a chef had his fried potatoes sent back by an annoyed customer multiple times because the potatoes were “too thick”. He was fed up, cut the potatoes razor thin, and put extra salt on them. The customer, to his surprise, loved it.

R7b68 TIL the Hippos from Pablo Escobar's private zoo, at Hacienda Napoles, escaped became feral, bred and now terrorise local fisherman in Columbia.

WQX4 TIL Winston Churchill enjoyed bricklaying in his spare time and built several walls at his house at Chartwell.

X0GdQ TIL there is no official Calvin and Hobbes merchandise besides the compilation books. Bill Watterson was vehemently against merchandising his characters and even went as far as to say, "Only thieves and vandals have made money on Calvin and Hobbes merchandise."