Post * WkgV4 — Curious Curator

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TIL an alternative interpretation of the myth of Narcissus is that he sat gazing into the spring to console himself for the death of his beloved twin sister, his exact counterpart, by recalling her features in the reflection.

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JL88 TIL Garth Brooks stopped singing The Dance in the middle of his concert to give his guitar to a woman with cancer in the front row. She had a sign that said “Chemo this morning, Garth tonight. Enjoy the Dance”

gMdM8 TIL about elevator operator Betty Oliver, who survived a 75-story fall from the Empire State Building in 1945 when a B-25 crashed into it due to fog. 3 crewman and 11 people in the building died. Betty, who died in 1999, still holds the Guinness World Record for longest survived elevator fall.

pMbZ TIL An Ohio Judge, who each year would move a drunken-driving trial from his courtroom to a local high school as a cautionary tale to students, was arrested himself on a DUI after he hit a County bus, failed to stop, then refused a sobriety test after being pulled over by police

QNXWX TIL about Mexican woman Miriam Rodriguez who tracked the killers of her 14-year-old daughter Karen after she was abducted in 2012. She disguised herself to get their names & addresses & made excuses to meet their families. She was shot 12 times outside her house 10 May 2017, Mother’s Day in Mexico.

QJAn9 TIL: Tim Burton did not direct "Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas." Henry Selick, director of "James and the Giant Peach" and "Coraline," carried out the task, due to Burton having prior commitments to "Batman Returns."