Post * loynK — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the first Terminator movie, they had such a small budget that they performed scenes without permits. So much so, that one scene required Arnold to punch a car even though they didn't own it.

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YgwA TIL that in the early ‘80s the CIA helped facilitate the widespread sale of cocaine in poor L.A. neighborhoods to help finance the covert war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. The journalist who revealed this later killed himself after a smear campaign.

p8Xpe TIL that as well as the Oz books, L. Frank Baum wrote a newspaper comic strip called "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz", in which the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and others visit cities of the United States.

m6yp TIL that 64% of people bite the head off the gingerbread before eating the rest of it.

Gj6E TIL that Joseph Haydn, a classical music composer, wrote a musical piece in which the musicians gradually leave the stage until 2 violins are left in the end

mjjM TIL When Gordon Ramsay was filming in Iceland, he lost his footing and fell during a descent off an 85 ft cliff, landing in the icy water below. His film crew reported he was submerged for at least 45 seconds.