Post * vZrR — Curious Curator

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TIL There is a deleted scene that explains why the Terminator has an Austrian accent.

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grW6b TIL the 1995 movie Heat was one of the inspirations behind the highly influential 2001 video game GTA3 as well as GTA4, notably the mission "Three Leaf Clover", which was inspired by the climactic bank robbery scene. Christopher Nolan was also inspired by the movie when he made the Dark Knight

Y1Jx TIL if you made a magnifying glass hologram you could actually use it as a a magnifying glass, too.

kOe7d TIL the Carolina Dog is a dog breed first discovered living wild in the southeastern region of the United States, and after extensive DNA testing it is believed they are the descendants of the first animals to accompany humans across the Bering land bridge thousands of years ago.

Z868a TIL pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. Since 2004, Italian law insists Neapolitan pizza must include wheat flour, flour yeast, mineral water, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt & olive oil to be considered pizza.

GYBEE TIL that a 14th century Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta went as far as modern Indonesia, China, India, Russia, Central Asia, Balkans, Spain, Tanzania, West Africa and Maldives, and was by far the most well-travelled human before the modern era. He wrote an account of his travels, known as The Rihlah.