Post * RbG9 — Curious Curator

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TIL in The Fellowship of the Ring, Vigo Mortensen really deflected an oncoming dagger thrown a little too accurately

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jGgv TIL the lifespan of the largest brain corals is 900 years

x6810 TIL: that Bob Dylan’s “positively 4th street” is referenced to 4th avenue in New York, the heart Of Greenwich Village. Where the folk scene was based and where Bob Dylan originally started his career at, with other folk artists, many of whom hated Dylan after his electric performance at Newport

v1K5B TIL that a German in the 17th century had thousands of liters of urine in his cellar: He originally wanted to create the philosopher's stone, but accidentally discovered phosphorus instead, when boiling said urine.

NXvE1 TIL because of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, dietary supplements in the US don't need to be approved for safety, don't need to disclose side effects, and don't even need to contain listed ingredients

R5Bn7 TIL in 1996, LAC Colombia Flight 028 crashed into a playing field after two engines were shut off shortly after takeoff. The pilot had shut off the engines in order to prank the co-pilot, and they could not be reactivated in time with the low altitude.