Post * VMbnG — Curious Curator

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TIL that George Michael, The Beatles, Elton John (Under Dionne & Friends for the song That's What Friends Are For) and Elvis Presley are the only four artists to have ever achieved a year end number 1 hit twice.

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na9 TIL that the founder of Bridges TV, a Muslim television network designed to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims, beheaded his wife.

v1moL TIL that Niel Armstrong was misquoted when he took his first step on the moon, instead of what most people think he says which is, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It's actually "That's one small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind."

e0ZZ4 TIL One of Whoopi Goldberg’s first jobs was as a mortuary beautician.

b9gd0 TIL the Albatross is a large bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first 6 years of life flying over the ocean without ever touching the ground.

E1wnd TIL that geysers are quite rare natural phenomena on Earth, and apart from the famous Yellowstone National Park, the United States also once had 2 more significant geyser fields in Nevada that were each destroyed by geothermal electricity companies in the 1960s and 80s.