Post * VBGxp — Curious Curator

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TIL the movie 'Die Hard' was Alan Rickman's first role in a feature film. Rickman later revealed that he almost turned down the role because he did not think Die Hard was the kind of film he wanted to make

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P11Ln TIL that the black metal fueled church burnings in Norway started on the 6th day of the week, 6th day of the month, 6th month of the year. (Norway starts it week on Monday)

P96Z TIL that in 1959 a pilot ejected from his plane directly into a violent thunder cloud. The storm winds kept him aloft for 40 minutes, pelting him with hailstones and so much rain that at times he had to hold his breath to keep from drowning in mid-air.

DQ71D TIL Angelica Huston played the antagonist "Supreme Leader" in Michael Jackson's "Captain EO" at Disneyland.

b6e07 TIL Rhodium is more expensive precious metal than Palladium ,Iridium, Platinum and Gold.

KOVl4 TIL that British childrens' author Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot during World War Two and shot down five Axis aircraft over Greece and North Africa, qualifying him as a fighter ace.