Post * NXn8e — Curious Curator

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TIL that Steve Jobs had tendency to eat only one or two foods, like carrots or apples, for weeks at a time

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0wV5R TIL that for decades Chinese villagers consumed dinosaur fossils as traditional medicine. They believed these 'dragon bones' would help children with dizziness and cramps.

VDWQ TIL the woman responsible for the botched “potato Jesus” restoration receives 49% of all of the church’s souvenir sales featuring the image.

j68La TIL after viewing a rough cut of Romancing the Stone & expecting it to flop, the producers of the then-under-development Cocoon fired Robert Zemeckis as their film's director. But RtS was a surprise hit as the 6th-highest-grossing film of 1984 ($115 m) & allowed Zemeckis to make Back to the Future.

x6oQD TIL Dress shops in Manhattan used headless mannequins in their windows because it was thought that a face would be distracting. In 1935, Cora Scoville invented a plaster composition and made mannequins with faces resembling fashion editors. Bonwit Teller started a new trend using these mannequins.

E1X1X TIL of “Sixteen String Jack,” a 1770’s highway robber famous for the colorful strings he wore over his breeches. He loved partying and robbed to pay his debts. Before his execution he dined with 7 women, joked with the crowd and danced a jig before being hung in a green suit he had specially made.