Post * OG4Oe — Curious Curator

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Til of Thomas Brassey, who, by the time of his death in 1870, was responsible for the laying of ¹/²⁰ of all the railways in the world.

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K8oE TIL there are artists who add monsters to thrift store paintings, turning boring idyllic scenes into incredible action-packed portraits

OGQyL TIL "Weird Al" Yankovic got his LASIK surgery (to fix his vision so wouldn't need glasses anymore) done on live television. It was captured by KTLA 5 (in the Los Angeles area) in 1998.

69QLl TIL that in 1955 Campbell’s launched a campaign proposing its beef bouillon as a cocktail drink, proposing it with a squeeze of lemon, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, or even bitters, then garnishing it with a twist of lemon or slice of cucumber. The campaign continued until the 1970s

D1mjY TIL that the word 'Trampoline' was created and Trademarked in 1936, and comes from the Spanish 'trampolín', meaning a diving board.

jNjvn TIL prior to inventing the television, John Logie Baird tried making diamonds from graphite and shorted out the electrical supply of Glasgow. He also invented a rustproof glass razor, which shattered, cutting him in the process.