Post * XpdQ — Curious Curator

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TIL J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb”, once confessed that he left a poisoned apple on his tutor’s desk.

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awjM0 TIL about The Duge Bridge, the highest bridge in the world. The road deck sits 565 metres (1,850 feet) above the Beipan River. This is higher than One World Trade Center in New York City, 541 meters (1,776 feet)

d8lgB TIL Steven Spielberg helped create the PG-13 film rating

1a0yO TIL that you're not supposed to rinse your mouth (with water or mouthwash) after brushing your teeth. You're supposed to just spit out any excess toothpaste to enable the fluoride left behind on your teeth to do its thing.

KOPe4 TIL it took 3 grips to restrain Sean Connery from killing the Camera Man on the set of Zardoz (1974) after the Camera man accidentally opened the camera and exposed a days worth of film. That day's filming involved Connery in heavy makeup, which he hated, so he was furious to have to film it again

8axNX TIL that when the CEO of discount supermarket chain ALDI was kidnapped, he haggled about his ransom money and claimed the sum as a tax-deductable business expense in court after his release