Post * jGOj — Curious Curator

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TIL that Facebook punked tech crunch by implementing a functioning “Fax This Photo” button just visible to TC.

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b9w6a TIL about Mary Ann Brown Patten, who took command of a merchant vessel in 1856 when the captain, her husband, became ill and the first mate was found to be sabotaging the voyage to win a bet he'd placed on a competitor. She defeated a mutiny attempt and brought the ship safely back to port.

W9YN TIL On this day in 1963, William Shatner guest starred as Bob Wilson in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”. One of the most famous Twilight Zone episodes, and one of TIME Magazine’s Top 10 episodes.

dD8p8 TIL that there are Kmarts and Targets in Australia that have almost the same design and logos, but have nothing to do with the American stores.

JYVB1 TIL that wearing forbidden Western fashion, like denim, jewelry, and hair dye, is used by North Korean millennials to show their defiance of the regime - but a women's union and youth groups monitor the streets to shame and beat rule-breakers, cutting off ponytails and destroying tight trousers

jeba TIL that Sean Connery was offered up to 15% of the LoTR worldwide box office receipts to play Gandalf, but he declined because he ‘didn’t understand the script’.He would’ve made 400 mil $.