Post * WrmL — Curious Curator

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TIL A group of writers purposely wrote a terrible novel full of nothing but sex scenes to prove how vulgar American literary culture had become. It became a bestseller.

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4XwEo TIL 29 of the 30 most watched broadcasts in the United States were Super Bowls, with the other one being the final episode of MAS*H

5yZ8 TIL DJ Khaled’s original stage name was Arab Attack, which he changed shortly after the 9/11 attacks.

Y7P5B TIL that only the actors and characters for The Skipper, Gilligan and the Howells were in the Pilot episode; Mary Ann, Ginger and The Professor had different actors and characters when the show aired.

nW7gr TIL about split brain theory, which explains that a person's brain hemispheres cannot share information with each other if the corpus callosum is severed.

nWEXY TIL that Adolph Hitler's half nephew - William Patrick Hitler - served in the american navy during WW2, fighting against his uncle and receiving a purple heart. He only changed his name to William Patrick Stuart-Houston after the war.