Post * oBEkE — Curious Curator

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TIL Vikings never wore horned helmets, it is a myth that started in the 1870s. In reality, their helmets are iron with an eye guard.

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n16W TIL Brandolini’s Law:The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

wLZyP TIL all audience members on Judge Judy are paid actors and in order to be able to attend a taping of the show, the actors need to be a member of the Screen Actor's Guild (although some exceptions are occasionally made)

0wev TIL that Andre the Giant once drank 127 beers in a hotel bar, passed out in the lobby, and, because he was so large, no one could move him until he woke up.

OG8Ka TIL that Maritime silk road is the first inter-continental trade route by Austronesian from 3000 BC spanning from China, India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. As opposed of the famous Silk Road from 100 BC spanning from China to Europe. Making it Austronesian age of discovery

P14wZ TIL: There was an activist group in the UK named Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, or CIRCA in 2003-2005. In 2005, a clown gathering prompted the deployment of 10,000 officers. The group declined after operation HA.HA.HAA (Helping Authorities House Arrest Half-witted Authoritarian Androids).