Post * dDjrd — Curious Curator

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TIL Walton Goggins, as a child, once caught a baseball in his mouth, knocking out his two front teeth. A year and a half later, he dove into a pool and hit the bottom, knocking out his two front teeth again.

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PYayG TIL Benjamin Franklin designed the first American penny called the Fugio Cent. The coin was engraved with a sundial and the words "Mind Your Business".

Oo0kR TIL Pikachu was chosen as the Pokemon mascot in the last stage of development it was supposed to be Clefairy. Because GameFreak apparently felt that Clefairy would appeal only to girls while Pikachu would appeal to everyone.

YyoA TIL the Japanese anthem is so controversial for some people that a Vice Principal once killed himself instead of honoring the flag and anthem like he was required to by the Board of Education

KOg0w TIL upon being told he couldn't go to Disneyland due to security concerns, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev went berserk. He said afterwards, "Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken hold of the place that can destroy me?” Khrushchev left LA the next morning.

LOmd TIL in 1912 a group of investors were sold a 480 inch instead of a 480 foot skyscraper for $200,000 because nobody bothered to read the plans properly.