Post * Rrkw — Curious Curator

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TIL there was a lull in ‘cussing’ in Rap lyrics in the mid 2000’s and we still haven’t recovered to the level of the mid 1990’s

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GRlG TIL over 100 Chinese elementary schools are sponsored by tobacco companies, where children under 10 are encouraged to use tobacco products and their uniforms bear cigarette logos.

QmXa TIL that the scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day where a helicopter flies under an overpass was not CGI, it was stunt performed by helicopter pilot Chuck Tamburro. The stunt was so dangerous that the film crew refused to film it, so James Cameron had to film the sequence himself.

VBw9k TIL volcanic eruptions are constantly ongoing on Jupiter's moon Io, probably because it is constantly being ripped apart by Jupiter's massive gravity

M7418 TIL in 2006 a man bought a record, on a New York street for $0.75, that turned out to be an extremely rare 1966 Velvet Underground acetate; one of only two copies known to exist. He sold it at auction for $25,200.

oAxE TIL that Hugh Thompson, Jr. saw US soldiers murdering entire villages of unarmed civilians. He landed his helicopter and stood between the murders and the civilians. His actions are what stopped the massacre at My Lai.