Post * 98dr — Curious Curator

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TIL Nolan Gould (Modern Family) graduated high school at 13 and has an IQ of 150.

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EL9d TIL that theoretical physicist Max Planck was told not to get into the field by his physics professor because “in this field, almost everything is already discovered.” He did so anyway and originated Quantum Theory which revolutionized the field.

NJv6 TIL in 1518 there was a ‘Dancing Epidemic’ in France. One woman started dancing in the street and within a month, some 400 people join her, many who later died of heart attacks, strokes, or exhaustion. Nobody knows why it started or why was it popular.

woyP6 TIL of the mummy of Takabuti, a young ancient Egyptian woman who died from an axe blow to her back. A study of the proteins in her leg muscles allowed researchers to hypothesise that she had been running for some time before she was killed.

neE7b TIL American socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein was introduced to her billionaire husband, Alec N Wildenstein, by a Saudi arms dealer named Adnan Khashoggi. In 1999, she received $2.5 billion in the divorce and $100 million each year after for 13 years. She declared bankruptcy in 2018.

xV8R7 TIL The sponsor, ad agency, producers and most of the people involved in the production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" thought it was doomed to fail. When it aired on December 9, 1965, half of American TV viewers tuned in.