Post * 7rE7p — Curious Curator

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TIL that a clause that contains another clause is called a matrix clause. A clause within a clause is called a matrix clause, not inception clause. Matrix clause! SMDH

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yQQoX TIL that Belgium has a Time Credit System that entitles employees to take a one year secured absence to prevent burn-out and provide an opportunity to pursue other things in life.

BjPd TIL of Ricky Ray Rector who, after murdering a man in a nightclub, agreed to turn himself in. Instead, he shot the negotiating officer in the back, killing him. He then attempted suicide but failed, effectively lobotomizing himself. In prison he saved part of his last meal for “after the execution”

vPXOD TIL The Baseball Manager Connie Mack was the longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history and holds record for wins (3,731), losses (3,948). He also had a code of conduct for all his players that included not judging people on the basis of race or religion.

x6vR5 TIL there is some overlap between the latitudes of the UK and Greenland

ADkVo TIL 1998, the largest chemical company in the world (Syngenta) determined that their weedkiller Atrazine interfered with hormones; after exposure to atrazine, frogs that were genetic males became completely functioning reproductive females.