Post * kee4 — Curious Curator

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TIL Steve Wozniak gave much of his Apple Stock to employees who otherwise would not have received stock after the IPO

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PYwge TIL because Wayne wheeler was stabbed in the leg with a pitchfork by a drunk farmhand he dedicated his life to banning alcohol and eventually achieved prohibition.

wLNBY TIL in 559 BC a chinese prisoner was sentenced to death by being flown off the top of a large tower attached to a kite. He survived the flight, and claimed the record of the highest jump survived by a person in the process. He was later starved to death in prison.

Qrv6 TIL that Cuba has two types of currency - one for Cubans to buy basics and the other for tourists to buy what are considered luxuries

N7y0E TIL over 15 to 20 networks rejected the Duffer Brothers' "Stranger Things" series, saying no one would be interested in a Sci-Fi horror that revolves around kid protagonists. One executive said they need to make it a kids show or have an adult character (Jim Hopper) be the main protagonist instead.

P191n TIL that there's a death metal band called Hatebeak. Their vocalist is named Waldo, and he's a parrot.