Post * RbJl — Curious Curator

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TIL people all over the world are cementing USB hard drives into walls for offline p2p sharing

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KOl8G TIL giraffes make no sound. Not because they can't, but they choose not to.

Yn4G TIL A Frenchwoman, Jeanne de Clisson, became a pirate in the 1300’s for revenge after her husband was beheaded. Selling her lands to buy 3 ships, they were painted black with red sails. Hunting French ships, when she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.

D6Rp TIL that Hayao Miyazaki only permitted an English adaptation of ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ on the condition that no part of the movie would be edited out, all names had to remain the same, the translation had to be as close to the original Japanese,& no part of the movie could be changed

oB5Rr TIL that the Wright Brothers tested over 50 different types of airfoils on their plane.

5V9bQ TIL the creator of the most used drum loop sample in music history, Gregory C. Coleman, died homeless and in poverty without ever receiving royalty payments.