Post * We5N — Curious Curator

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TIL that Superman was originally incapable of flying in the 1940s; hence the phrase “Able to LEAP tall buildings in a single bound.” The animators of Superman’s first cartoon thought it looked silly, so they requested, and were granted, permission to give him the ability of flight.

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D1ovV TIL of "Hammer" Simwinga, a Zambian man who has helped stop poaching in North Luangwa Nat'l Park. Most villages near the park relied on poaching for income. Simwinga eliminated the need for poaching for 35K+ people in 60 villages by teaching sunflower planting, beekeeping, & sustainable farming.

oRKKE TIL Lobsters use their feet to taste. The lobster's equivalent of human taste buds are the tiny bristles found inside its tiny pincers. In the meantime, one of the three stomachs of lobsters has teeth.

D1d8g TIL in The Shining, Stanley Kubrick intentionally isolated Shelley Duvall and argued with her often. Duvall was forced to perform the iconic and exhausting baseball bat scene 127 times. Afterwards, Duvall presented Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the extreme stress of filming.

gMxDL TIL Einstein was candid to his wife Elsa about his extramarital affairs. In a letter to his wife, Einstein said women were chasing him, showering him with unwanted attention

Y7EZG TIL Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect, a lesser-known (but still revolutionary) contribution, rather than his groundbreaking theories of relativity.