Post * OGbnR — Curious Curator

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TIL Mel Blanc, who voiced most of the Looney Tunes characters, was in a coma after a car accident in 1961. Calling his name did nothing to wake him up. After 14 days in the coma, a doctor asked Mel “Bugs, can you hear me?” He woke up from the coma, and responded as Bugs Bunny, “Yeah, what’s up doc?”

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vNWK TIL a group advocating for people who are afraid to urinate in public asked DirecTV to pull its commercials starring Rob Lowe and an awkward alter ego “Painfully awkward Rob Lowe.”

0PDj TIL in 1998 40% of antibiotics in the United States went to livestock. By 2011 that had risen to 80%.

jL6p TIL an optimized road trip stopping at a major landmark in most of Europe would take roughly 14 days of driving to complete

kOby7 TIL in World War II, due the Japan-Soviet neutrality pact, US aid to the Soviet port of Vladivostok (the Pacific Route) was carried by Soviet-Flagged ships only and was mostly left alone, becoming the safest path for military aid from the USA to the USSR.

GYaQ1 TIL that Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) is a self-proclaimed wizard. His comic Promethea was his most powerful spell and was intended to end the world. More in the comments.