Post * MeN1m — Curious Curator

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TIL only two male solo artists have had top 40 hits in the each of the last four decades: Michael Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

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KOGG4 TIL that Orlando Bloom and Peter Jackson have both seen "taking the hobbits to isengard"

rLDe TIL the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau is often seen as a 'bible’ for self-sufficiency enthusiasts. However, while many picture Thoreau as a hermit in the woods, his cabin on the lake was about a mile from town, where he would often go to visit his mother, who did his laundry for him.

8aWRa TIL I learned that both Chinese and Koreans refer to themselves as "Han." However, their origins are unrelated, with Chinese "Han" ultimately deriving from the name of a local river, and Korean "Han" likely sharing the same root as the "khan" of the Mongols and Turks

XEbP TIL elephants understand and conceptualize death in a deep and emotional way, and have a semi-ritualistic/religious practice to mourn the death of their fallen friends and family.

7pgX TIL RJ Mitte, who plays Walter Jr. in Breaking Bad , actually does have Cerebral Palsy, although to a much lesser extent than he plays on the show. He had to get into character by discontinuing his therapy, so he could relapse into lower functioning CP patterns