Post * 4LLb — Curious Curator

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TIL the reason menthol cigarettes were not included in the flavored cigarette ban in 2009 in the US was that the Congressional Black Caucus fought to make them exempt.

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6EQkW TIL In 1710, famous author Jonathan Swift wrote an article on "the continual Corruption of our English Tongue" in which he described the word "bamboozle" as one of the words that were in his opinion, "corroding, if not destroying, the English language"

9YojX TIL that a Hawaiian folk story told of how a goddess named Kohe-kohe-lele, meaning "Kapo with the flying vagina", saved her sister from being assaulted by a half-man, half-hog fertility god named Kampua'a by detaching her vagina and luring an intrigued Kampua'a to the edge of the country.

epEWb TIL about Matthias Schlitte, who used his genetic disorder to his advantage to be crowned world champion in the 70-kilogram class in 2022.

jNaVv TIL in a 1966 study, a group of engineers, mathematicians, artists, and architects were administered 50 micrograms of LSD and 100 milligrams of mescaline over a period of time. They then discovered solutions to professional problems that were previously unsolvable for them for 3 months

Ampx TIL due to centuries of inbreeding Charles II of Spain was physically and mentally disabled and infertile. Due to the deaths of his half brothers, he was the last member of the male Spanish Habsburg line. He didn’t learn to walk until eight. His jaw was deformed, he could barely speak or chew.