Post * XE1OD — Curious Curator

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TIL Napoleon Dynamite had a budget of only $400,000 while Jon Heder was only paid $1000 to play the lead role. It ended up grossing over 40 million

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rRRr4 TIL that the actress who plays Charlie's mom on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was also Miss Yvonne on Pee-Wee's Playhouse

Lkymv TIL Heart cancer is not as common as other kinds of cancer because heart cells do not often undergo cell division, which reduces the chances of mutations that might ultimately lead to cancer.

9wxjm TIL: Prior to 2005, Catholic cardinals participating in papal conclaves were housed in the Apostolic Palace, sleeping on cots in makeshift bedrooms in hallways or offices. Pope John II changed the rules for future conclaves, allowing participants to room in a nearby guest house.

WkGwd TIL that the first American to die in Vietnam was actually murdered by a fellow soldier in 1956. Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. gave candy to local children when he bumped into a drunk colleague that shot him on sight. It took 43 years for his name to be added to the Vietnam War Memorial.

Oo4rX TIL that during World War I, Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming's Secret Intelligence Service agents adopted the motto 'Every man his own stylo', after discovering that they could use semen as invisible ink.