Post * VMpK4 — Curious Curator

› added 5 years ago

122

TIL Rob Lowe is uncredited in the film Tommy Boy because he was contractually obligated to another movie at the time, Steven King's The Stand. The reason he filmed Tommy Boy was due to his friendship with Chris Farley.

Read more

5yJP TIL iranian artist Atena Farghadani was imprisoned for critizing an anti birth-control law in a cartoon - then additionally charged with ‘illegitimate sexual relationship short of adultery’ for shaking her lawyers hand.

aRKA TIL that having your alarm go off more than once in the morning doesn’t “slowly wake you up”, but actually makes it harder by causing you to restart the deep sleep cycle over and over again each time you hit snooze

d8JJ7 TIL The term "Patient Zero" was actually “Patient O” as in the letter O, meaning that the person was from “outside” California. The ambiguous circular symbol on a chart was later read as a zero and the term became widely used.

wLXYE TIL that over 50 gangs have members within the US military. The gang members use their time in the armed forces to gain weapon/combat skills. They also seek to expand their territory and traffic drugs.

J1KOj TIL that Egyptian builders such as those of the pyramids were usually not slaves, and frequently took sick days from work. Popular excuses included “stung by scorpion”, “bleeding wife”, “trouble with eye”, and even “brewing beer”.