Post * g8NW — Curious Curator

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TIL the theme from ‘New York, New York’ was played over the loudspeakers at both the original and current Yankee Stadiums at the end of every Yankee home game. They played the Sinatra version if they won, the Liza Minnelli version if the lost – until Minnelli herself complained.

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XvX6 TIL Activision proposed a collaboration with Nintendo to create a brand new franchise exclusive to their systems. Nintendo declined. That franchise was Skylanders.

kOerB TIL that Mother Teresa's first miracle, a spontaneously cured cancerous tumor, was actually a TBC cyst that was treated with traditional medicine, but the medical documentation to prove this was taken away by the Missionary Sisters.

D1lDD TIL in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt, went to his speech instead of the hospital, then continued on to roast the assassin in his speech.

M8WA TIL that during the production of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Danny Devito made an imaginary friend and the crew was worried about his sanity.

QJ6Xk TIL in 1958 Mao Zedong began a campaign to eliminate the Eurasian Tree Sparrow, leading to a severe ecological imbalance and contributing to the Great Chinese Famine where 15-55 million people starved to death.