Post * M1mB — Curious Curator

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TIL that actors usually snort powdered lactose on set and if they’re lactose-intolerant, then vitamin B powder

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PYNJE TIL about Project Mohole, a failed attempt in the 1960s to drill all the way through the Earth’s crust to reach the mantle

e07Ak TIL while Richard Nixon was on a trip to the Soviet Union in 1959, high levels of radiation were detected the room he was staying in. Secret Service purposely argued about the radiation and how to handle it in an area they knew the Soviets had bugged. Three hours later, the radiation disappeared.

XX1Q TIL there’s a band called Butthole Surfers. Prior to this, they performed under such names as Ed Asner Is Gay, Fred Astaire’s Asshole, The Right To Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole, and The Inalienable Right To Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole.

JYNJB TIL that in 1969, Woodstock ran out of food after its first day and relied upon donations from the largely conservative residents of Sullivan County, New York to feed 400,000 hungry hippies

oXM8 TIL The “Harlem Hellfighters” were the first African American regiment in WWI who were assigned to the French forces. None were captured, never lost a trench, or a foot of ground to the enemy. They returned to the U.S. as one of the most successful regiments of World War I