Post * KgOB — Curious Curator

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TIL a man renovated a 3 story hotel specifically to kill people.

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D10xP TIL: Duke Ellington's signature tune, "Take the 'A' Train" was recovered from a trash can just in time before being gone forever. Composer Billy Strayhorn had discarded it as second rate.

awy1L TIL In 1974, U.S. Senator William Scott (R-Va) was named the Dumbest Member of Congress by a small fringe publication. He called a press conference to deny it, which gave the accusation nationwide circulation.

wLXEY TIL that after writer James Baldwin died in 1987, McGraw-Hill took the unprecedented step of suing his estate to recover the $200,000 advance they had paid him for a book.

05mp TIL that there is a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert that anyone who finds it can use.

aWNM TIL Steven Segal once killed a puppy and 111 chickens while attempting to arrest a man…with a tank.