Post * eVv4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that “Winterfell” is the same castle used in “Month Python and the Holy Grail”. Doune Castle.

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4k1NX TIL that no Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction (WMD) where found in Iraq, yet 33% of Fox viewers believed WMDs were found and were the justification for the invasion of Iraq post-911.

0NAA TIL - The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it everyday.

JYaRl TIL the largest tumor successfully removed from a human patient was a multicystic mass of the right ovary weighing 303 lbs (137.6 kg). The 6-hour operation took place in 1991 at Stanford University Hospital where the patient lay on her side, so as not to be crushed by the 3-ft diameter growth.

mgJv TIL that the music for Iggy Pop’s classic song “Lust For Life” was written by David Bowie on a ukulele

KYwgB TIL In 1985 an ASAT test program missile launched from a F15A climbing to 36,000 ft, struck and destroyed a satellite in orbit almost 300 miles away moving at 17,500 mph