Post * M0Ba — Curious Curator

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TIL that had “Jedi” been counted as an answer in the 2001 census it would be the second largest religion in New Zealand.

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mjdv TIL Tim Schafer, during his Lucasfilm phone interview, said he loved their game “Ball Blaster”, which was the name of the pirated version of the game “Ball Blazer”. To make up for it, he sent his cover letter in the form of a semi-graphic adventure and got the job.

enbD TIL Cameron Diaz bought weed from Snoop Dogg in High School.

k0EW TIL Art Scholl - the pilot hired to do in-flight camera work for Top Gun - died filming the scene leading to Goose’s death. His plane spun through its recovery altitude, at which time he radioed “I have a problem… I have a real problem”. The film is dedicated to his memory.

JYvj8 TIL of Afrihili, a constructed language designed in 1970 by Ghanaian historian K. A. Kumi Attobrah (Kumi Atɔbra) to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa

wog1E TIL that the longest place name in the world is in New Zealand and it has 85 letters. (“Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu”)