Post * dD5Vr — Curious Curator

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TIL of William Henry Veno who emigrated from Scotland to America, then to England with a new name and a miracle cough mixture. Though he sold his successful business in his 50s due to fatal health concerns, he actually died almost a decade later from suicide. Also credited with inventing Germolene.

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e057b TIL when Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, rival politicians accused him of hiding the words, 'Fuck You', in an acrostic-style message to them when he vetoed a bill. When asked, Schwarzenegger's campaign team said, "My goodness. What a coincidence."

MeMEK TIL that on September 8th 1935, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, senator Huey Long was assassinated by Carl Weiss. Years later, the case was reopened, and it was revealed that senator Long was accidentally shot to death by his bodyguards, who opened fire on Carl Weiss when he pulled out his gun.

d8omd TIL that Cicero's cognomen, or personal surname, comes from the Latin for chickpea(a type of lentil), cicer. Cicero was urged to change this deprecatory name when he entered politics, but refused, saying that he would instead make Cicero a glorious name.

x6emw TIL, the song 'One Night in Bangkok' was made for a musical called 'Chess', and was written & composed by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus (both of ABBA) and Tim Rice

EgZKW TIL The first Toy Story film (1995) required 800,000 machine hours and 114,240 frames of animation in total, divided between 1,561 shots that totaled over 77 minutes. Pixar was able to render less than 30 seconds of the film per day.