Post * nWr1P — Curious Curator

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TIL David Bowie had the first version of My Way, later sung by Frank Sinatra.

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OkD4 TIL there is a book by Russian scientist Kirill Yeskov, which tells the tale of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings from Sauron’s perspective, and of the orcs retreat as they are pursued by elves in an attempt to exterminate them.

xVadb TIL that Oliver North once gave the wrong bank account number, and accidentally transferred $10,000,000 to a Swiss business man. (1986)

oaor TIL texting is considered to be closer to speaking (“finger speaking”) than it is to writing; it has many hallmarks of an evolving language in its own right with a unique grammar and dialect. Rather than hurting people’s writing skills, texting may provide bidialectical benefits to the brain.

8egLX TIL that in July 1982, a mentally disturbed man named Michael Fagan entered Buckingham Palace twice and set off alarms both times (that were cleared with little investigation). The first time he encountered a maid and ended up drinking a bottle of wine. The second time, he made it to the Queen.

Q77E TIL baby male monkeys prefer to play with trucks and baby female monkeys prefer to play with dolls, indicating a biological predisposition towards these gender stereotypes