Post * Z8j0v — Curious Curator

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TIL: That the United States National Anthem uses the melody of an 18th century British gentlemen's club song mentioning the Greek gods, getting drunk, and having sex.

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N7ZZJ TIL in 1956, the American Legion hall in Roanoke, Virginia spontaneously desegregated during a Fats Domino concert, where approximately 2,000 whites, crowded on an undersized balcony, migrated to the main (blacks only) dance floor.

BgbGD TIL that the Glendale Galleria, a mid-sized mall in Los Angeles, was home to the very first Disney storefront, Apple Store, and Panda Express.

loN61 TIL that your nose can remember 50,000 scents.

KNJR TIL In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the scene where Jack was dancing and yelling “I’ve got a jar of dirt.” was not scripted. All of the cast’s reactions are actually real.

0wdo5 TIL that Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was supposedly prophesied to die from a falling object, and therefore stayed outdoors. He was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock.