Post * v1BnR — Curious Curator

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TIL streets are almost always wet in movies. Wet pavement is photogenic and the water diffuses reflections and helps eliminate shadows caused by filming equipment and light sources.

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nW7vr TIL that Xerox built the first personal computer with a mouse-based graphical user interface (GUI) in 1973, 10 years before anyone else. But they couldn't see any reason why anyone would want a PC so they didn't market it

QaEa TIL there are about 150 buffalo on Catalina Island. They were imported to the island to film a spaghetti western in 1924 and were never removed.

nbEd TIL Washing your hands with cold water is just as effective at removing harmful bacteria as washing them with hot water.

xLbb TIL that in a crossover event with “Captain America”, the Joker actually saved the United States after finding out that Red Skull was a nazi and was planning to nuke Washington D.C.

wlYE TIL in the 1960s the FDA mysteriously banned the use of the miracle berry, a fruit which makes sour foods taste sweet and was being developed as a safe alternative to sugar.