Post * 6Yal — Curious Curator

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TIL the doctor who discovered washing hands could practically eliminate fatal infections was committed to an asylum by his staff and beaten to death by guards.

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e0w4E TIL That a Washington Post reviewer stated that the film Groundhog Day would never be placed in the Library of Congress. In 2006, it was added to the Library of Congress.

xa0b TIL that half of the uranium used in US power plants comes from recycled Russian nuclear weapons under an agreement that actually runs out this year.

698DX TIL the Brown-headed Cowbird is North America’s most common “brood parasite,” laying eggs in the nests of over 140 host species

OooD6 TIL Brazilian footballer Carlos Kaiser staged his whole career for 24 years: he could barely kick a ball. In the first training session with every new team, the con man usually suffered a "muscle injury" that would keep him out for an indefinite period.

pYWLe TIL W. E. B. Du Bois attended the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, Germany, where he met many well-known social scientists, among them, Max Weber. He would later return to Harvard University (where he already earned his bachelor's in 1890) and earn his PhD in 1895.