Post * WN48 — Curious Curator

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TIL that despite being the original writer of ‘All Along the Watchtower’, Bob Dylan said that “ever since [Jimi Hendrix] died I’ve been doing it that way… Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it’s a tribute to him in some kind of way.”

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gMZ1L TIL that the Dancing Plant (Codariocalyx motorius) will move its leaves when subjected to loud music, but we do not know exactly how and why it does this.

b9jnE TIL about Twilight sleep, a procedure used for labor in the early 1900s. Women were drugged, restrained in a dark room with gauze on their eyes and ears plugged. The purpose of the drugs was to cause the women to forget the childbirth, not prevent pain, as they were still conscience the whole time.

Gm01 TIL that Paris Metro trains drive on the right rather than the left and its tunnels are narrower than main-line ones in order to prevent it from being absorbed into the national railway network

MvrB TIL the founder of Wendy’s, Dave Thomas went back to high school in 1993 to get his GED because he was worried that his success as a dropout might convince some teenagers to quit school.

1a0d4 TIL that the iconic character of Nurse Ratched from "Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is also a recurring character in ABC/Disney's dramatic fairytale show "Once Upon a Time"