Post * lXg5 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Gary Oldman once lost his British accent due to all of his hard preparations for his different roles. He went to a speech therapist to help gain it back.

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JYjyk TIL Canadians are entitled to receive a free flag from the government ($150 value), but the waiting period is 99 years

wLOm6 TIL there is roughly 18 minutes of actual playing time in a 3-hour Major League Baseball (MLB) game.

yQM68 TIL: More than 60 Billion chickens are slaughtered each year for a total of 72 Billion land animals

PYQ5g TIL that Christopher Lee was once driving through Italy with his wife when their car had a puncture. He went for help, but fell into a ditch and got covered in mud. He reached a house and knocked on the door. The owner opened it, shrieked and fainted. They’d seen a Dracula film the night before.

DQvep TIL of "The Year 2440", an 18th century novel considered one of the first sci-fi novels and the first one set in the distant future. It became one of the most popular and most controversial books of its era, it was banned in many countries and the spanish king personally burned its copies