Post * xelk — Curious Curator

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TIL a man lost $125 million during a single year of gambling in Las Vegas

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QJNRE TIL Capcom made a Street Fighter video game based on the animated movie. In other words, they made a video game based on a movie that was based on a video game.

kJ6LW TIL Claude Debussy played & recorded piano rolls of his own compositions.

PGWG TIL: In 1979, a woman named Elvita Adams jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in an attempt to kill herself, but fell into the next floor due to a gust of wind.

xEBw TIL a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball

XEeAQ TIL that Ugli Fruit is an actual fruit that grows on trees, so it's possible for someone to fall out of an ugli tree and hit every branch on the way down