Post * 4Xo7X — Curious Curator

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TIL of the Deflategate scandal, where American footballer Tom Brady was accused of ordering the footballs to be deflated, resulting in him being suspended for four games.

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wLymW TIL that some "Negative Ion" products may contain varying minerals from volcanic ash and titanium to less familiar ones such as tourmaline, zeolite, germanium and monazite sand. They may also contain naturally occurring radioactive elements, including uranium and thorium.

jNjmn TIL There are five bigger bed sizes than Super King. They are Eastern King, Emperor, Super Emperor, Caesar and the biggest, Super Caesar.

J1jml TIL that Native Americans weren't legally considered U.S. citizens until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law. The 14th Amendment defined a citizen as anyone born in the United States, but the courts said it didn't apply to Native peoples.

wLAQ1 TIL a Canadian man getting a rectal exam by his doctor at a hospital was observed by people he assumed were medical practitioners/med students. He sued the hospital and observers after learning the observers were two actors who play doctors on TV doing research for the TV series "Saving Hope."

KOwow TIL Ray Combs' final Family Feud he told a player that got 0 points "I've done this show for six years .. this is the first time I had a person that actually got no points and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. Thought I was a loser until you walked up here, and made me feel like a man"