Post * nwdG — Curious Curator

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TIL that paleontologists estimate the size of a tyrannosaurus rex penis to have been around 12 feet long.

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gMpBL TIL that the likelihood of a monkey typing Sharespeare's play Hamlet is so small that if every proton in the observable universe were a monkey randomly typing at 400 words/min, they would likely only get the first 79 letters correct in the first 14 billion years.

0weyv TIL a scene in the 1991 film "Frankie and Johnny" called for Al Pacino's character to be surprised after opening a door. In order to elicit genuine surprise, the director arranged for William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, to appear behind the door (out of shot) in full Starfleet uniforms

78kx TIL that the entire Pixar staff had to take a graduate class in Fish Biology before making Finding Nemo.

DQNAV TIL that Kim Walker, who played Heather Chandler in the 1989 film Heathers in which she famously asked “Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?” died of a brain tumor in 2001.

oQ9Y TIL that the term ‘movie star’ originated from Paramount Pictures. In 1916, the studio contracted 22 actors and honored each with a star on the logo.