Post * VMmx8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that bumblebees have the most Latin name - BOMBUS and certain subgenus name is even more bombastic - MEGABOMBUS

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D4EV TIL that the first entirely computer generated movie sequence in cinema history was the Genesis Device demonstration video in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The studio that made the scene would later become Pixar.

vnjB TIL Hayden Christensen’s last TV role before Star Wars Episode 2 was called “Higher Ground”.

b6yGa TIL that Tenji blocks, also known as tactile pavement, were invented in 1967 by Seiichi Miyake to help a friend who was losing their vision. This pavement is now used around the world.

wnBY TIL that although “Song 2” by English band Blur is what gained the band mainstream success in America, it was intended to be a parody of American music.

ZY9D TIL that until 1974, banks could (and usually would) refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she was married and her husband co-signed for the card. A divorced woman was considered too much of a risk because she “couldn’t keep a marriage under control.”