Post * R70L9 — Curious Curator

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TIL David Prowse, who played (but did not voice) Darth Vader in "Return of the Jedi", has never been paid any residuals from the film, because LucasFilm claims the film never made a profit.

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OG8j7 TIL that we are closer in time to the T-Rex than the Stegosaurus is to the T-Rex.

e0MxD Til there was an early horse with three toes called the Mesohippus and it is less than half the size of modern horses from 35 million years ago until they moved to grasslands, grew and their toes later fused into a hoof

5YEmB TIL that in 1930, the Soviet Union built a plant to make polybutadiene, a synthetic rubber used for tires, out of ethanol from potatoes

ejBn TIL before becoming host of the bizarre foods series, Andrew Zimmern was homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and would steal to support his habit.

EOx TIL: Aberdeen Washington. Birthplace of Kurt Cobain. Has an unoffical motto of “Come as you are.” In homage to the Nirvana song.