Post * j6lpM — Curious Curator

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TIL that the script for the Doctor Who episode "The Crusade" originally included references to an incestous relationship between King Richard the Lionheart and his sister Joanna. These were cut from the final episodes as William Hartnell found it unsuitable for a children's show.

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OGvw4 TIL that between the 1950s and mid-1970s, roughly 60–80% of hit songs were written by professional songwriters who never performed them

X0rj8 TIL people didn’t know TNT was explosive for 28 years and used it as yellow dye instead

Er5W TIL before we banked blood in the U.S., the first human body product to be “banked” was breast milk in 1910

16EnX TIL Cyndi Lauper's mother, Catrine, appeared in the music videos for 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun', 'Time After Time', and 'The Goonies 'R' Good Enough', in which she played the role of Cyndi Lauper's mother.

P1dBw TIL tha saloons in the wild west had regular doors, not those swinging batwing doors, it's mostly a Hollywood trope