Post * gQEW — Curious Curator

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TIL John Cleese’s family name was originally Cheese, but his grandfather changed it to “Cleese” when he entered the military to avoid being picked on.

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BQ6x TIL that Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell” for reasons completely unknown even to the actor himself.

GAWmg TIL the younger sister of the famous writer Erich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front) was beheaded on 16.12.1943 in Berlin for antiwar and antinazi words.

DBLP TIL After dropping her 2 year old son into a pit of African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo, Elizabeth Derkosh attempted to sue the zoo for negligence (and other things)

697Dw TIL the creator of "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" died in a police standoff after shooting a cop. After he took to random men hostage and barricaded himself, his cousin - Snoop Dogg - tried and failed to talk him down.

GYDQG TIL the wax in paper cups is actually a plastic called Polyethylene or PE, the most commonly used plastic in the world and is practically non-recyclable.