Post * b9KyE — Curious Curator

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TIL that the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Bob, experimented with LSD and was convinced that it is a key to breaking alcohol addiction. But he was not able to bring it mainstream because of objects from other AA members

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Ooa0R TIL that when Jeff Hilger first started marketing the Koala Bear Kare Baby Changing Station in the 80's most businesses saw no need for it. It wasnt until after he started passing out fliers of a woman changing her baby's diaper on a dirty bathroom floor that his idea became a huge success.

QpPE TIL When filming the original pilot of Firefly, Joss Whedon thought Rebecca Gayheart was unsuitable to play Inara Serra and shot her scenes in singles so that it would be easier to replace her.

9YOxB Til someone broke into the british museum of natural history to steal close to 300 exotic birds to sell the feathers to fly tiers so that he can buy a golden flute.

Wwb8 TIL that altough prostitution is legal in Portugal, it is illegal for third parties to profit from it. (So brothels are illegal)

N7Rpe TIL In 2011 two fishermen from Kiribati went adrift for 33 days before landing in the Marshall Islands. They then found out that their hitherto thought to be dead uncle, who went missing 25 years earlier after also going adrift, had landed in the Marshall Islands as well and married there.