Post * P1bG — Curious Curator

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TIL that “Hello” only came about in the 19th centuary and became popular chiefly due to the word being easy to hear on early telephones.

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5Q5R TIL Elvis Presley was a huge Monty Python fan. His favorite sketch was “Nudge nudge” to the point that he would adress people as “Squire”.

wxb6 TIL During the production of Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas came into work one day with a cough, and decided that it would be amusing to record it and use it on the new Episode III villain, General Grievous.

Q8wk TIL that George Orwell fought with anarchists in the Spanish Revolution and was shot in the throat.

5VnVB TIL that people who grew up in the era of black and white movies mostly reported dreaming in black and white, while the people before and after them reported dreaming in color.

1aMQP TIL that Vermont was it's own independent country with it own coinage and postal service for 14 years before being admitted into the Union. Even though they took part in the Revolutionary war, they were not part of the original 13 colonies due to a border dispute with New York.