Post * mxj8y — Curious Curator

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TIL that The Who’s Roger Daltrey is allergic to cannabis, which affects his singing. On one occasion he threatened to stop a show due to people smoking, advising them to “stick it up your fuckin’ ass.”

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QJPD6 TIL that Franklin D. Roosevelt's disability was largely unknown to the public. He was diagnosed with polio and was mostly paralyzed from the waist down. When photographers tried to catch him in his wheelchair, Secret Service agents reportedly tore the film out of their cameras.

b6Qea TIL actor James Hayden received a standing ovation for his role as a drug addict in the Broadway play American Buffalo. Just 6 hours later, while on the phone with his estranged wife, he suddenly stopped speaking. Police were called and found him slumped over. He died of an apparent heroin overdose

kOrA4 TIL sections of a 2500 year old Greek play believed to have been lost forever in the fire that destroyed the great Library of Alexandria were rediscovered on papyrus stuffed inside an Egyptian mummy. The pages were later translated and used in an actual play that was presented to audiences

pY1dN TIL that on August 23, 1968 a pig named Pigasus was nominated for President of the United States by the Youth International Party (the Yippies) during the protests leading up to and during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL.

p8eVG TIL That Florida has the 'Sunshine Law' it gives freedom of information including arrests, and this is why we hear about so many crazy people from Florida.