Post * VMOy0 — Curious Curator

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TIL John Candy had only one day to film his scenes for Home Alone; it took 23 hours. He was paid $414, less than the actor who had played the pizza deliveryman

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EYrw TIL that despite being lauded as modern day hero, as the leader of the ANC’s militant wing, Nelson Mandela was personally responsible for ordering hundreds of executions without trial, tortures, bombing campaigns, and the covering of rural farming paths with landmines.

9wlPM TIL about Mark Twain’s proposed Philippines flag during U.S. territorial expansion: an altered U.S. Flag with black stripes instead of white and skull and crossbones instead of stars.

eny6 TIL a man was stopped at an airport because he was suspected of carrying a weapon, upon further inspection it was actually his abnormally large penis.

rReZx TIL that proto-Germanic tribes created the word "bear" out of fear that using its true name, "arkto" would cause it to appear. This is considered by some to be the oldest known euphemism.

rNXRy TIL of "West Ridge", a merchant vessel carrying coal from the UK to India that went missing 141 years ago. The wreck was found when researchers were looking for MH370, to which researchers say it sunk because of an explosion.