Post * yYGw — Curious Curator

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TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was “grey”.

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a8xWo TIL actress Mary Martin, known for her roles in film and on stage in Peter Pan and The Sound of Music, was the mother of actor Larry Hagman, famous as Dallas's J.R. Ewing and in I Dream of Jeannie

wlv1 TIL that the last Roman ruler of Britain, Magnus Maximus, married the daughter of a Welsh leader, thereby becoming the ancestor of several Welsh dynasties and kings up to 500 years later.

GYQnJ TIL in 2017 an expert in child development and a music psychologist researched what noises and music would delight and hold the attention of babies. They then teamed up with a Grammy award winning musician to produce a song based on that research. It is called "The Happy Song".

1awyV TIL - When Coca Cola Launched Dasani Water In The UK Their Slogan Was ‘Bottled Spunk’ & 'Can’t Live Without Spunk’; Oblivious That In The UK Spunks Means Semen.

a80M Til that “Raffi,” beloved childrens singer/musician turned down an offer to play Madison Square Garden because he was afraid the venue was too large to connect with the children in the audience.