Post * Mejvm — Curious Curator

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TIL that Lethal Weapon 2 opened in South Africa, December 1989. Despite the film's anti-South African stance, it was passed uncut by the censors and it was a huge hit. Two months later, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Danny Glover had actually portrayed him in HBO’s Mandela (1987)

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LkRwm TIL that there was a Nazi concentration camp called Larger Sylt located on British soil

WkjkB TIL 'The Confederacy' only lasted 4 years, 1861-1865!

JyYQ TIL in 1992 a South Carolina man tied his wife’s hands and feet with rope, covered her mouth and eyes with duct tape, turned on a video camera, and raped her. At his trial, the man testified, “No, I didn’t rape my wife. How can you rape your own wife?” The jury took less than an hour to acquit him

GPjj TIL The Treaty of Ghent of 1814 once contained a clause that if Britain and Spain were to go to war, the U.S. would be given the rights to “protect” occupy Canada for a period up to 20 years, after which the U.S. could buy it for 50 million if 2/3rd of Canadians voted to stay part of the U.S..

bo5p TIL Scientists have not been able to explain a 1998 study showing a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain’s sleep-wake clock.