Post * MdYB — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that the creators of south park were nominated for the 72nd Oscars and decided to attend on acid and in dresses. When asked why they’re wearing dresses they simply replied what a magical night tonight is.

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Ebwx TIL GM tried to discredit Ralph Nader, hiring private detectives to tap his phones and investigate his past, and hired prostitutes to trap him in compromising situations. Nader sued GM and settled the case for $425,000. He used the money to start the pro-consumer Center for Study of Responsive Law.

91N7 TIL leaked emails from Sony revealed talks of taking serious action and potentially sueing Bill Murray for not participating in the new Ghostbusters film.

JWZk TIL middle names became a necessity during the middle ages because there were too many people with the same name and populations had risen exponentially, “The great cities on the planet earth were only a fraction of their size hundreds of years ago.”

rNEM0 TIL About the Bantu Expansion where in 10 waves of migration between 2000 BCE and 1000 CE Bantu peoples from the area around modern day Cameroon settled nearly all of Sub-Saharan Africa eliminating, displacing or absorbing most of the indigenous peoples of the region.

MeyB7 TIL that Circus Peanuts were invented by a guy after he installed insulation in his livestock barn. He found the texture so pleasing, he wanted to eat it. Rather than stick it in his mouth like a Tide Pod, he made a snack that mimicked how it felt.