Post * awEjZ — Curious Curator

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TIL Anthony Burgess sent a preliminary draft of A Clockwork Orange to Rolling Stone in place of an article and Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter rejecting Burgess' "limey bullshit" and calling him "cheapjack scum."

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grjm7 TIL that David Johansen and the New York Dolls once rocked a show so hard that they collapsed the Mercer Arts Center building, a 10 story abandoned building in Greenwich Village.

Zp0np TIL Nigeria is projected to have almost 800 million people by the year 2100

4o4g TIL: ‘Kanye North’ and 'Kanye South’ are both parliamentary constituencies in Botswana.

gMdyW TIL from the ages of 1 to 44 you are most likely to die from an accident. From the age of 45 on, you are most likely to die from cancer or heart disease. (Under 1, you are most likely to die from a birth defect)

rPPx TIL that anyone who removes Hawaiian rocks from the islands is said to be cursed. Every year people mail back thousands of pounds of rock, sand, and shells to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, many with reports of how their lives were ruined by the curse.