Post * eE8J — Curious Curator

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TIL Charles Manson took a few scientology courses and they influenced parts of his brainwashing technique

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6OgZ TIL the guitar smashed by Kurt Russell in “The Hateful Eight” was a genuine 1870s Martin on loan from a museum. It was supposed to be switched out for a stunt guitar but was left in by mistake.

wLRMY TIL 50 Cent tragically lost his mother when he was 8 years old. His mother, Sabrina Jackson, died in 1983 in a 'mysterious fire'. 50 Cent said in an interview, "Someone put something in her drink and turned the gas on."

bjP7 TIL that Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo were two magicians from the early 20th century who were bitter rivals. While Ching Ling Foo was genuinely Chinese, Chung Ling Soo was actually a New Yorker named William Robinson.

awXb0 TIL about Helga de la Brache. A woman who grew up in lower class circumstances but succesfully posed as a Swedish princess for years. Convincing even the Swedish royal family who gave her a pension and "furniture befitting a princess."

5Vxj9 TIL about the island of Attu—the Westernmost point of the United States and site of the only WWII land battle on US soil