Post * 748P — Curious Curator

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TIL thatin 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is “part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught.”

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WkLdo TIL when John Connally died in 1993, there was a petition to recover the fragments of the bullet that hit him in Kennedy's assassination, hoping to disprove the single bullet theory. Department of justice replied that it would approve if Connally's family gave permission, which they refused to give.

8aJx8 TIL that the often quoted 10:1 ratio of bacterial cells to human cells is actually closer to around 1:1

P8AZ TIL That Danny Trejo was “discovered” when he showed up on set to help a friend avoid using cocaine. He was offered a part as an extra if he could “act like a convict”, he said, “well, I’ll give it a shot.” (He had been incacerated at Soledad, San Quentin, Folsom, Vacaville, Susanville, and Sierra)

P19jV TIL in a 2005 Empire article, Henry Cavill was dubbed “the unluckiest man in Hollywood” after losing roles in Bond and Harry Potter franchises.

neE9o TIL that when America's first rocket scientist, Robert Goddard, theorized that rockets could reach the moon, the New York Times harshly criticized him and wrote that he "lacked the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." 49 years later, Apollo 11 succeeded and the NYT published a retraction.