Post * 6EnL7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in America, you have to pay a fee of $40 just to have skin to skin contact with your newborn baby.

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0wkPy TIL That an american doctor that survived Ebola, contracted the virus in his eye, turning it green, and regained his eyesight by taking a non-FDC approved experimental secret drug.

6E4Xl TIL that workers at Yosemite National Park used to create a 3,000 foot "waterfall" of fire by building a massive bonfire at the top of Glacier Point and push the burning embers over the edge. The practice went on for almost 100 years and only ended in 1968.

yQD5a Today I learned that Velveeta was the first cheese product to gain the American Medical Association's seal of approval

nlXB TIL that Microsoft Excel 2000 contains a secret racing game that users can play.

oBaRR TIL that during the Vietnam war, tens of thousands of desperate Americans immigrated north to Canada to escape the draft. A political response was never taken, partly because just as many Canadians hopped down south to join the American military.