Post * kJwp7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that King of Jordan, Abdullah II, lent the crew of John Wick: Chapter 4 a chopper to film the sunrise shot in the film.

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5Yglp TIL Coffee does not dehydrate you and likely hydrates instead

wLb5E TIL about the Sakhalar, a Siberian group of half a million indigenous to a massive swath of Russia

j6nGn TIL legendary multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe not only professionally played baseball, football, basketball, and gold medaled in the decathlon and Pentathlon, but also won the 1912 intercollegiate ball room dancing championship

9YZYQ TIL that in 2005, the Republic of Fiji lost it's declaration of independence from Britain. After five long years of searching, Fiji's government finally turned to Britain, who provided them with a photocopy.

Ee8P TIL at the time of 101 Dalmations’ production there was talk about closing Disney’s animation department because of the wildly expensive an under-performing Sleeping Beauty. The production of Dalmations was cut in half because of a modified Xerox machine.