Post * vdeK — Curious Curator

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TIL 2 Muslim Chechen teens saved 23 people during the Norway terrorist attack by Anders Breivik. A 3rd teen died trying to help.

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6pGm TIL Danny Lloyd, the child actor who played Danny Torrance in The Shining, was closely guarded by Kubrick during filming and didn’t know it was a horror film until several years later.

6E16Z TIL about Charity Hospital the second oldest hospital in the United States that was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans still spends $3 million dollars a year securing the building, after a $1.2 billion dollar hospital was opened to replace it.

jNk5n TIL that Kool Aid used to be called Fruit Smack, and that Kool Aid actually thrives during the Great Depression, unlike other businesses at the time

Wk0vA TIL “percussive maintenance” is the term for banging and shaking something until it works

D4wD TIL Freddie Mercury collected Koi carp, was a loyal godfather and rang his cats when he was away from home. Ten days before he died, Freddie said to his manager: “You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever. Just never make me boring”.