Post * Oo8R7 — Curious Curator

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TIL Disney's 1992 film Aladdin was originally to be set in Baghdad but the studio was forced to change it due to the outbreak of the Gulf War. They scrambled the letters in Baghdad to create the fictional city of Agrabah.

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OG74R TIL that superheroes have a history of kicking nazi butt.

4P5a TIL Bill Murray accepted his role in Ghostbusters only to finance a film which he had co-written. GB was the highest-grossing film of 1984, but Murray was so upset for the failure of the other film that he took 4 years off from acting to study philosophy and history at the Sorbonne, Paris.

R5gKa TIL On average, men say "I love you" about three months into a relationship, while women wait until about five months. Men are also more likely to find saying "I love you" about a month into a relationship, while women find it acceptable up to six months in a relationship

OMAX TIL LBJ received massive cash payments from defense contractor Brown & Root, a big supporter of the war in Vietnam. Later they made BILLIONS from the Vietnam War. Today that company is called Halliburton.

jNdGa TIL there is a German hospital that specializes in treatment for traumatized train drivers. An average of 3 people in Germany kill themselves by jumping in front of a train every day.