Post * OoL6e — Curious Curator

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TIL artist Tracey Emin exhibited 'My Bed'. The stained bed she was in for 4 days during a bout of depression. Two other artists did "Two Naked Men Jump into Tracey's Bed"

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MemZB TIL later PS2 models can't properly run some games designed for the PS2 itself (along with some PSOne games)

6lXX TIL in WW2, Owen Baggett shot down a Japanese Zero with a M1911 .45 caliber pistol. He killed the pilot who had just shot down his B24. The Zero had returned to kill the airmen who had parachuted out. Baggett, wounded, played dead until the plane got close enough and then he shot the pilot.

P14yO TIL, some frogs can hiss

v544 TIL that spaghetti carbonara was once considered a poor man’s dish because the 3 main ingredients were things the peasants were always certain to have on hand: bacon, a little cheese, and eggs

QJZeX TIL iconic 19th century French painter Henri Rousseau, known for his vivid depictions of jungles and exotic animals, never left France during his lifetime.