Post * nxP9 — Curious Curator

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TIL Pixar’s animation department originally created water that was “too real” when producing “Finding Nemo”

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69egw TIL a former professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley named Gregory Abbott became a musician and in 1987 topped the charts in the U.S. with his song "Shake You Down"

xVeno TIL the grandson of Aztec ruler Moctezuma II was baptized and married a Spanish noblewoman, his son became the first count of Moctezuma and his descendants are a part of Spanish nobility to this day.

e54E TIL that in 2012 a Manchester couple jokingly invited Queen Elizabeth to their wedding, the Queen accepted and made an appearance along with Prince Philip.

9w5nQ TIL that a gravity hills is a place with an optical illusion that makes a slight downhill slope look like an uphill slope, causing cars left out of gear to appear to roll uphill against gravity.

XEV06 TIL there was a US Marine Sergeant in WWII named Hitler. When asked why he didn't change his name he simply said, "Let the other guy change his".