Post * wLK1W — Curious Curator

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TIL Tom Cruise turned down the lead roll in The Shawshank Redemption because it was the director's first feature film.

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gMVnb TIL The Mesopotamian Empire and the Babylonian Empire were the first civilizations to introduce the use of sanitary sewerage system.

koO4 TIL that there is a feature length anime movie based on the music of Daft Punk. It contains no dialogue or sound effects and was called “the best animated movie made in 2003.”

VMv6D TIL that Marie Curie at first was not included in the nomination for noble prize. It was after his husband's request that her name was added to the nomination.

0wrop TIL that the American Academy of Pediatrics condemns dieting and "weight loss talk" for teens, recommending instead family meals and positive body image to combat, rather than exacerbate, eating disorders and obesity.

6Ekb7 TIL of Forrest Spaulding who in 1938 drafted a Library Bill of Rights against censorship. When challenged for a library copy of Mein Kampf he responded, "if more people had read it, Hitler's despotism might have been prevented". Spaulding's bill was later adopted by the American Library Association.