Post * dPDd — Curious Curator

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TIL of the Aztec Death Whistle. It is a skull shaped wood whistle, that sounds like someone screaming. It was used to intimidate their enemies during war.

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OobnL TIL In 1924, a man named W.O. Bashman found a 40.23 carat diamond in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Nicknamed the "Uncle Sam Diamond," it was the largest diamond ever discovered in North America. It was later cut down to 12.42 carats and sold for $150,000 in 1971 (about $800,000 today).

vgLx TIL Wonder Bread received an estimated $4.3 million in ad exposure in Talladega Nights without paying a cent

yryJ TIL for the Star Wars: Episode V, Lucas paid a fine and resigned from the Directors Guild rather than obey its demand that he begin with conventional opening credits.

p8aGO TIL that for 23 years, a Dallas family sent flowers to NASA mission control in Houston, before each of the 110 Shuttle missions since they resumed following the Challenger explosion.

NAbJ TIL A man who lied about passing his second year of university, pretended to continue his study, crafting an elaborate lie until everyone he knew thought he was a medical doctor. No one found out for 18 years, until he killed his entire family to avoid being revealed.