Post * O9b4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Van Gogh most likely didn’t commit suicide. He was probably shot by two young boys who were playing with their father’s gun, which misfired; he protected them by saying he shot himself.

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rR5lw TIL that the wife of George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, won an Oscar in 1977 for Best Film Editing in Star Wars. George Lucas has won zero Oscars.

dn99 TIL Dentist and explorer Weston Price went on an expedition looking for tribes with a vegan diet, he only found cannibals.

yQgle TIL the 'Rabbit' temple in Taiwan, the world’s only shrine for homosexuals which dedicated to a deity who has watched over homosexuals for four centuries, attracts nearly 9,000 people each year.

rRygW TIL that Pope Stephen VI dug up the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had been buried only 7 months, and put him on trial for perjury and illegally acceding to his papacy. just propped him up there, dead as hell, and if you can believe it, found him guilty.

EgWBw TIL Nintendo released a Japan-exclusive game distribution service for the Super Famicom and Game Boy called "Nintendo Power." It allowed players to save up to seven games at a time onto a proprietary flash cartridge. The service lasted from 1997 to 2007.