Curious Curator

Curious Curator

TIL Legendary songwriter Jim Steinman (Bat Out of Hell) accomplished a rare feat in 1983 when Bonnie Tyler's cover of his song 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' was #1 on the charts, while #2 was Air Supply's cover of his song 'Making Love Out of Nothing at All'.

TIL that Mary and Rhoda from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” reunited in a 2000 movie but plans for a new series were abandoned due to bad reviews

TIL: According to Guinness World Records, PATH, a mostly underground pedestrian walkway network in downtown Toronto, is the largest underground shopping complex in the world. PATH spans more than 30 kilometres of restaurants, shopping, services and entertainment.

TIL of the incredible variety of Indigenous Cultures and Languages in Central America, with Mexico alone having over 60 officially recognised languages and cultures, with a range of genetic diversity between the different groups greater than that between Western Europeans and S.E. Asians.

TIL when given a full-grown grizzly bear by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1811 (the first ever in the United Kingdom), King George III said he would have preferred a new tie or pair of socks

TIL: The day before going on the Ed Sullivan show, George Harrison was sick in bed with a fever of 104 degrees, on the verge of going to the hospital.

TIL that according to US Middle East Specialist Edgar Wright, an unknown individual impersonated Harry Truman's voice on the telephone and swayed the President of Haiti into voting for a motion at the UN.

TIL that contrary to popular belief, shaking a champagne bottle does not increase it's pressure. The pressure actually drops a tiny bit

TIL That in 1856, the revolutionary French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was sent on a mission by Napoleon III to pacify the tribes of French Algeria by showing them that 'French Magic' was stronger than that of their local religious leaders

TIL of the Southeast Asian Massif which encompasses human societies inhabiting a region in the southeastern portion of Asia. Over 100 million indigenous people live amongst the highlands overlapping parts of 10 countries.