Post * Yg0W — Curious Curator

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TIL an autistic seven year old’s first word was “Fonzi” when Henry Winkler tried to sit in a theater seat in front of her. The girl’s mother fainted from the shock.

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nW8V9 TIL that boxer Larry Holmes was one win away from matching Rocky Marciano’s perfect record of 49-0, when he was defeated by Michael Spinks.

0wkvL TIL that Japanese games tell you characters' blood types because they believe that the blood group determines someone's personality.

dXeQ TIL that the famous theme song to the X-Files was created by accident, when the producer rested his elbow on the keyboard.

mx7RP TIL Don Featherstone, creator of the famous plastic Pink Garden Flamingo, also wore matching outfits with his wife every single day for 35 years

7rYVb TIL Encyclopedia Britannica’s own market research showed that the typical encyclopedia owner opened his or her volumes less than once a year. They bought them for prestige, not for knowledge.