Post * QJgp — Curious Curator

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TIL Once Rowan Atkinson, known as Mr. Bean, saved a plane crash when the pilot of his private jet fainted mid-flight.

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K5wJ TIL that earlier in 2016, Sweden released a telephone number that would put you in touch with a random Swede. More than 32,000 Swedes agreed to take the calls by downloading an app, answering upwards of 180,000 calls from all over the world.

6E8gQ TIL: In the movie Gremlins (1984) monkeys were supposed to provide the special effects. The test monkey panicked when the mask was put on him and he ran around the editing room screaming and pooping everywhere.

wan8 TIL The Halloween film “Hocus Pocus” was a critical and commercial failure upon release. It became a cult classic after yearly airings on the family channel.

lNwB TIL in 1999 a man with Intractable hiccups was cured after having sex with his wife

KOAg4 TIL that archaeologists discovered an ancient 'meme' in Turkey. In 2012 during excavation work which revealed a 2000-year-old mosaic, which features a chill skeleton reclining with bread and wine next to the inscription "Be cheerful, live your life".