Post * 6E9YJ — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1974 the Green Bay Packers drafted Randall Woodfield, who later became the I-5 serial killer.

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Prmg TIL that Abdul Sattar Edhi, a Pakistani man, rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated over 50,000 orphans, has trained over 40,000 nurses and runs the largest ambulance network in the world. He also donated all his body parts before passing away.

OoVMe TIL that Mary Shelley wrote a novella about a father's incestuous love to his daughter, and Mary gave it to her father to review, who called it "disgusting and detestable".

ey1k TIL that Stephen Hawking’s wife was given the option to take him off of life support after he was placed in a medically induced coma. She refused, and upon recovering he finished writing ‘A Brief History of Time’

6EQQ TIL that our Galaxy’s name, the Milky Way, comes from the story of the Greek God Hera spilling milk while breastfeeding an unknown infant.

OoAk4 Researchers are trying to create reflectors that can divert the sun's light to power plants on the surface of the planet at all hours of the day and night.