Post * Ooky1 — Curious Curator

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TIL About 3 percent of children cannot have the father their mothers say they have.

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jeDE TIL Director Luc Besson started writing The Fifth Element as a novel when he was 16 years old. Twenty-two years later, it opened as the #1 movie in America.

X0jxr TIL John Lennon's aunt and guardian, despised both of his wifes. Lennon was providing her with an allowance, but when she learned that his former MIL was getting the same amount, she called him to complain. He bought her a house, but after his death, ownership passed to Yoko, which made her furious

OGJYL TIL that in 2001 Major League Baseball successfully voted to eliminate two of their teams, the Twins and Expos. The plan fell through after the Twins were legally obligated to honor their stadium lease and the Expos were purchased by MLB and moved to Washington DC

69eKm TIL that Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman and his wife had tickets on the Hindenburg when returning from their honeymoon in Europe in 1937, but were unable to secure seats together, so they took alternative transportation instead, avoiding the Hindenburg disaster

mjPM TIL that in the late 80s, a mass moral panic swept across the US where many daycare providers were accused of ritual Satanic sexual abuse, with dozens jailed based solely on children’s testimony, who were coached by psychologists.