Post * jZEv — Curious Curator

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TIL that before Sylvester Stallone sold the script for Rocky, he was homeless and sold his dog for $50. A week later, he sold the script and bought his dog back for $3000.

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85L4 TIL A 19 year old man once nearly died from drinking a quart of Soy Sauce. He holds the record for highest blood sodium level ever measured without brain damage

KOQwR TIL when Spartans lost the battle of Megalopolis, their king Agis III, now wounded and unable to stand, ordered his men to leave him behind to face Macedonian army so that he could buy his men time to retreat. He slew several enemy soldiers before being finally killed by a javelin.

JvYk TIL that through a US government website you can find out how much pharmaceutical companies are bribing your specific doctor

VMv08 TIL that many nations and countries such as the United States of America, Matla and Europe have a "National Personification" which is a mythical-like being created as a physical representation of the nation itself.

8mKP TIL a fire burned down the warehouse of the animation company behind the Wallace and Gromit films, destroying “the entire history” of the animation series.