Post * ZpgQ — Curious Curator

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TIL that in Super Mario RPG, there’s an item found under Peach’s bed called called Toadstool’s ???, which she scolds you for finding. In Japan, it’s called XXX and is implied to be a sex toy

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0d8v1 TIL the Olympics held competitions in the fine arts from 1912 to 1948. Medals were given for literature, architecture, sculpture, painting, & music. The art created was required to be Olympic-themed.

leA1 TIL that men actually pioneered wearing high heels and women began wearing them to look more masculine. Men then ditched the heels as not to look feminine. [xpost /r/Feminism]

XE6Aj TIL about a canadian ex- banker who bought a slowly producing gold mine and created a controversial, online, open to public contest to find more sites. he offerd 500k$ prize and by using 3D model, an australian group helped him find more the 6Bn$ worth of gold without having ever visiting the site.

9wOp6 TIL that the original lyrics to “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” were much more depressing. The lyrics were changed because Judy Garland refused to sing those lyrics to a child. The lyrics were then changed once more because Frank Sinatra wanted the song to have a more positive tone.

7b0x TIL that Tom Hanks is an avid support of NASA’s manned space programs and originally wanted to be an astronaut, but “didn’t have the math”. He was awarded the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award in 2006 for his contributions to raising public awareness of space programs.