Post * 6ANZ — Curious Curator

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TIL Susan G. Komen Foundation sues and forces smaller charities to shut down over the word ‘Cure" and the colour pink.

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kOV65 TIL about English Sweating Sickness, an epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries that caused chills for a few hours, then profuse sweating for a few hours, then death within 24 hours of symptoms first appearing. The cause still isn't known.

A9Xa TIL in 2005, a woman performing her first solo skydive jump survived a parachute malfunction which caused her to slam face first into a parking lot at 50 MPH. During surgery doctors discovered she was pregnant. She made a full recovery and the baby was fine.

E1xOd TIL that in 1325 the two cities of Modena and Bologna had a war in which 2000 people died after a man stole a bucket from Bologna. Modena still has the bucket to this day.

AN9Pa TIL: The Gundam series idea of dropping space colonies on Earth was based on a real concept developed in the 1960s known as Ivan's hammer at the annual American Astronautical Society. Which described the use of asteroids as WMDs. Decades later, Carl Sagan and the RAND Corp discussed the feasibility.

O5O7 TIL there are three power grids covering the United States. One for the west, one for the east, and one for Texas. Texas has its own in an attempt to maintain its freedom from federal regulation.