Post * vPbA8 — Curious Curator

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TIL The 1984 UK parliamentary by election in Chesterfield was contested by 17 parties as diverse as the acne party, the Elvisly yours party, the I am not a number party, the Welshman party, the monster raving looney party and the reclassify the Sun newspaper as a comic party.

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R7xQ8 TIL River and Joaquin Phoenix spent a significant portion of their childhood in a sex cult known as Children of God and later, The Family International.

4X016 TIL "Six unelected individuals in Silicon Valley imposing their vision on the rest of the world, unaccountable to any government and acting like they’re above the reach of law. “It’s like we’re living in the Roman Empire and Mark Zuckerberg is Caesar. At least that would explain his haircut.”

rRb71 TIL: A rural Japanese town under siege by monkeys is defended by three elderly women armed with airguns who call themselves the "Monkey Busters".

pYAjN TIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essential to the show's commitment to diversity.

OGoL1 TIL David Attenborough, in his capacity as BBC Two controller, created the televised snooker tournament Pot Black in 1969. The series was highly popular, playing a large part in turning snooker from a minor sport into one of the UK's most popular.