Post * Wk9pN — Curious Curator

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TIL that T-shirts have only existed since the late 1800's, and were not considered fashionable stand-alone garments until the 1950's when Marlon Brando wore one in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire"

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KYXk4 TIL Camels first evolved in North America

rRM4e TIL about "Little Bastard.” The cursed customized Porsche 550 Spyder, made famous in the 1955 fatal crash of James Dean. The car mysteriously disappeared in 1960.

mx6kv TIL Tolkein popularised "dwarves" as the plural of "dwarf" to differentiate his fantasy dwarves from humans with dwarfism, for whom the correct plural was "dwarfs". The dwarf trope became so entrenched that "dwarves" is now widely recognised as the standard plural of "dwarf" even for humans

0dWyM TIL of CPR-induced consciousness, “a rare but particularly awful effect of CPR” where chest compressions circulate enough blood to the brain to awaken the patient during cardiac arrest, who may then experience ribs popping, needles entering their skin, a breathing tube passing through their larynx.

gMo5W TIL The only person to serve prison time for the Iran-Contra Scandal was a minister who in protest stole a street sign named for John Poindexter.