Post * RkVl — Curious Curator

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TIL Fox gave George Lucas full merchandising rights for the original trilogy rather than raise his salary because they didn’t expect Star Wars to be successful.

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wL9GP TIL if you allow bacteria like E. coli to grow in food, you can cook the E. coli out but you can't cook out all the toxins they leave behind, which make you horribly sick after consumption.

4kel5 TIL that Canadian Parliament maintains a record of debates in both English and French known as Hansard. During a Liberal filibuster in the Senate of Canada, Senator Philippe Gigantès was accused of reading one of his books only so that he could get the translation for free through the Hansard.

dDgAQ TIL the greatest dressed weight for a turkey is 39.09 kg (86 lb) for a stag named Tyson, reared by Philip Cook of Leacroft Turkeys Ltd, Peterborough, UK. It won the last annual "heaviest turkey" competition, held in London on 12/12/1989. It was auctioned for charity for a record £4400 (then $6,692).

j6nVN TIL about Delhi's 14th Century Khalji Dynasty founded by a Mamluk vassal who wiped them out then was slain on his nephew Alauddin's orders, who beat the Mongols 6 times, persecuted peasants, and killed nephews with the last ruler who was a slave general lover of the previous sultan that he killed.

wKQE TIL that prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp built a shortwave radio in secret and sent out an SOS in hopes of rescue. The Headquarters of the Third Army replied: - “KZ Bu. Hold out. Rushing to your aid. Staff of Third Army.”