Post * OBd7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in ancient Rome various animals were trained to rape women.

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8agP8 TIL Zardoz is a film about flying stone heads, barbarians, eternal life, a vortex, renegades, Beethoven’s 7th & Sean Connery as “Zed” learning to read & saving humanity in a red speedo, knee-high leather boots & pony tail

Z8pwQ Yes, it’s possible to go blind from drinking moonshine. But it’s also possible to go blind staring at the sun. When consuming alcoholic beverages of the DIY variety, the important thing is to let common sense be your guide.

0dwEL TIL there is an audiobook of the CIA torture report narrarated by Academy Award winner Helen Mirren

0dOeM TIL the first papal index of prohibited books, released in 1559, imposed blanket bans on authors and was so strict that it caused issues on a number of industries: In order to protect book sellers, venetian authories declared that if the church wanted to destroy books, they had to buy them first

OJlL TIL that in 2004 after the airing of South Park’s “Trapped in the Closet” Matt Stone and Trey Parker were followed and investigated by the Church of Scientology.