Post * xVA6b — Curious Curator

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TIL Michael Jackson composed songs despite not playing any instruments. He would build each element of a track with his voice, so pitch perfect that studio musicians could match chords to his singing.

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oOE8 TIL Disney World is on the 2nd Floor. The Ground Floor is an above-ground system of tunnels that moves employees around the park.

GA5VE TIL: In 1916, Woodrow Wilson was elected president of the US, but lost his home state of New Jersey by 12 points because voters were upset about shark attacks.

ZplWD TIL in 2022, a group of Gujaratis livestreamed kayfabe cricket games on YouTube, mainly for a Russian audience. The games were all scripted and the 'players' were all dressed in outfits similar to India's T20 cricket league. The unaware Russian viewers placed bets through Telegram channels.

X0vvX TIL that late actor Michael Clarke Duncan was assigned to protect Notorious B.I.G. on the night he was killed, but Duncan switched assignments at the last minute. The death caused Duncan to quit working as a bodyguard and pursue acting full-time.

Vr5G TIL Goldman Sachs did a study in 2009 that estimated a unified Korea could boast an economy larger than France, Germany, and even Japan by 2050 with a GDP of $6 trillion.