Post * LrwZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 2012, porn stars Sara Jay and Angelina Castro offered their Twitter followers who were also Miami Heat fans blow jobs if the team won the NBA title, and were true to their words.

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AN0ja TIL about Lydia Taft, who on October 30th, 1756, became the first woman to legally vote in U.S. History. During a Town Meeting in Uxbridge, Mass., Taft voted in favor of appropriating funds for the regiments engaged in the French and Indian War. Her vote preceded the 19th Amendment by 164 years.

wo8yW TIL because trademarks can become generic - which means companies can lose rights to the mark - Transformers no longer transform in packaging and some marketing. They are listed as converting instead.

RAR9 TIL in the movie Hook, the scene where Rufio swings his sword close to Peter Pans face and says the line “You’re dead, jollyman” was played in reverse for the movie. The actor had to learn to say those lines backwards.

loXZ1 TIL that there is an upcoming experimental film called Ambiancé that will be released in Dec 31, 2020. It will have a running time of 720 hours, or 30 days and will be screened globally then destroyed after its initial screening. This will make it "the longest film made that doesn’t exist".

9B5Q TIL one reason that you so often see people holding fans in ancient Japanese paintings/art is because the fan was a common self defense weapon. It had a metal rod inside, and there is an entire martial art dedicated to fighting with the fan.