Post * XEkAD — Curious Curator

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TIL that after 9/11, Martin Scorcese was pressured to remove the Twin Towers seen in the ending of the 2002 movie "Gangs Of New York". Scorsese chose to keep the scene in, saying that "The people in the film ... were part of the creation of that skyline, not the destruction of it."

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jNokv TIL about Coxey's Army. It was the first popular protest march on Washington. Composed of unemployed workers from the United States, the protesters petitioned for government jobs in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time.

9Y5vD TIL: An affair between two Brazilian politicians was revealed when they danced together to "Bésame Mucho". Later, one of them was to be introduced with a military march, but the director of the presidential band had them play "Bésame Mucho" instead. He got 3 days of house arrest for insubordination.

BgBvK TIL that ancient Roman concrete is more durable than modern concrete and can heal its own cracks. It has lasted for millennia due to its unique composition, including volcanic ash, which prevents cracks from spreading. Recent studies have found that the material actually grows stronger over time.

x6kaB TIL that Tom Petty announced a short break halfway through his album "Full Moon Fever" to give vinyl and cassette listeners the chance to turn over the record, or tape. This was heard only on the CD version, though.

X0ZVE TIL about Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, the former president of Turkmenistan that ordered to close all the Hospitals in the country except for the ones in Ashgabat