Post * 7JXb — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 2006, a 12-year-old spearheaded a study that revealed 70% of the time ice at a fast food restaurant is dirtier than their toilet water

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6EvkZ TIL Purdue sales reps were taught to sell Oxycontin as less addictive than competitors, and addiction symptoms whilst on the pill was "psuedoaddiction" and to tell doctors that the fix for these symptoms was to push higher dosage pills to cure this.

0d6oL TIL that death row inmate Lawrence Brewer ordered a triple bacon cheeseburger, meat-lover’s pizza, three fajitas, Blue Bell ice cream, and peanut butter fudge among other items and refused to eat any of it, prompting Texas Senator John Whitmire to banish all “special meal” requests in the state.

apRL TIL: In the 1960’s, Pirate Radio boats in international waters would broadcast pop & rock to 10’s of millions of British listeners. The BBC, which until then mostly catered to classical tastes, was forced to restructure and meet the demand for these genres.

8ek4P TIL: In the USA during the 19th century, many little girls were given play ‘Death Kits’, which included a corpse doll and coffin. Girls would prepare the doll for viewing, place it in its coffin and conduct a play funeral.

ypnJ TIL - There is a girl that can say any word backwards or forwards. Her brain was trained as a child to visualize words differently than most.