Post * glV7 — Curious Curator

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TIL before Jason Lee became a famous actor, he was a reputable professional skateboarder in the late 80s & early 90s. He had his own signature skate shoes in 1995, and is the co-founder/owner of Stereo Skateboards

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5Vnbp TIL According to his widow, Constanze, Mozart received the commission for composing his Requiem from a mysterious messenger who did not reveal the commissioner's identity, and that Mozart came to believe that he was writing the requiem for his own funeral.

GAGxG TIL that in 1976, eight equatorial countries signed the Bogota Declaration in an attempt to assert sovereignty over those portions of the geostationary orbit that continuously lie over the signatory nations' territory in contradiction of the Outer Space Treaty.

mxyay TIL the word "America" is a latinized version of Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer who voyaged to the "new world" and published two popular booklets in Europe about the new continent. This inspired cartographer Martin Waldseemüller to label the new land after him on his maps, creating the trend.

16gGV TIL that there is poem nearly two thousand years old accusing someone of insurance fraud: Epigram III.52 by Roman satirist Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis).

j6j6M TIL about Operation Nemesis, a secret plan executed by Armenia to hunt down and assassinate perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. The assassins successfully killed 11 of the highest ranking officials responsible for orchestrating the genocide across at least 5 different countries.