Post * KOlP6 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1974 the Cleveland Indians held 10 cent beer night with the only rule being you could only buy 6 at a time. The promotion resulted in the fans rioting and both teams using bats to protect themselves from the rioting fans.

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5Y9Ok TIL that the character Danny Trejo plays in the Spy Kids series is canonically the same person as his character in Machete. The Spy Kids' uncle is actually a paid assassin in his own series of R-rated movies.

9mD6 TIL that two guys once wore hi-vis vests and got into a Coldplay concert unnoticed (among other places including a zoo)

en4J TIL Since the year 2000 The Red Hot Chili Peppers have donated ¼ of their touring profits to charity

v8Yr TIL classical Greek and Roman architecture was actually polychromatic, meaning they were painted colorfully and intricately. This contradicts classical revivals that mimicked the stark stone structures that were left after the paint wore off.

p80aQ TIL that we never see blue skies from the moon not because the space people/machines only take photos at night but because the moon never had one due to the lack of an atmosphere.