Post * Z8b5D — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the mid-1990s, a man in Montana was able to build fully armed Cobra attack helicopters out of supposedly demilitarized military surplus parts. He then used them to hunt coyotes.

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MlDb TIL John Lennon was so farsighted he could not see the crowds when performing on stage. He only knew they were there by their screams. The rest of the Beatles would trick him into walking through wrong doors, usually leading him into closets.

RlW7 TIL Andre Agassi played a Davis Cup match in 1992 wearing a pair of Oakley sunglasses to hide the fact that he was hungover from the previous night’s drinking. Jim Jannard of Oakley then sent him a new Dodge Viper to thank him for the endorsement.

MeNwV TIL a trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile over 300m

oBYgL TIL the reason most films end with the “This is a work of fiction [...]” disclaimer is a 1933 Rasputin biopic. The prince responsible for his murder sued the studio, claiming that the production did not accurately depict the murder

4XV8R TIL A 19 yr old pizza delivery boy helped save a man's life by performing CPR on the customer who was turning blue outside the house. When returning, he said, "I left a pizza boy and came back a pizza man." His tip was 25 bucks.