Post * 8aGeX — Curious Curator

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TIL that Yale graduate William Chester Minor, who became one of the largest contributors for the compiling of the Oxford English Dictionary by providing usages of words from his antiquated book collection, was a clinically insane murderer who cut off his own penis.

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p8lLG TIL that there is a standard for sending internet packets using people and flags

v1XOB TIL in 1995 a shirt that featured Margaret from Dennis the Menace saying “Someday a woman will be PRESIDENT!” was pulled from shelves when one Walmart shopper said it offended “family values.” It was restocked 4 months later due to women’s groups threatening to boycott Walmart.

5VAPQ TIL after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia battleship was salvaged six months later. During the salvage operation, a calendar was discovered in an airtight room indicating three sailors survived for another 16 days after the event.

DQAOp TIL A 1965 study on social isolation in monkeys reported that while no monkeys died during the isolation, 1 of 6 monkeys isolated for 3 months refused to eat after release and died 5 days later. A 2nd animal refused to eat and would have died had they not resorted to forced feeding.

AQKw TIL there are dozens of musical compositions which consist of nothing but silence, including ones by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Soundgarden, Korn, Nine Inch Nails and John Denver. The Soundgarden one is a cover of the John Lennon one.