Post * pr68 — Curious Curator

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TIL: A single human male produces enough sperm in two weeks to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.

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mxgWR TIL Steve Carell got "The Office" role of Michael Scott after both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti turned it down

kOAn5 TIL the main purpose of a clapperboard in film making is to synchronise picture and sound in post-production, and when out of sync it's called 'lip flap'

6Eprw TIL: The Courthouse Square from “Back to the Future” also appeared in many other iconic films including: “Inherit the Wind,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and “The Music Man.” It also shows up in “Bruce Almighty.”

VBAoD TIL about Leon Trotsky’s grandson who lived to survive Stalin regimes assassination attempts and ran a museum dedicated to his grandfather in Mexico

5Ve7Q TIL the piano failed to catch on when it was first invented in 1700. It was only after Johann Zumpe made improvements and J.S. Bach socially promoted the piano in 1768 that it eventually displaced the harpsichord as the preferred keyboard instrument.