Post * 9Yy5B — Curious Curator

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TIL that tempura, one of Japan's national dishes, was brought over by Portuguese traders in the 16th century.

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5YabQ TIL that the British Medical Journal does an annual Christmas Issue, where they publish research-quality but satirical articles, like a randomized trial on the effectiveness of parachutes, or investigating the driving behaviors of different physician specialties

5YkkP Today I learned that the worst elevator accident occurred when a locomotive fell down a mineshaft and landed on an elevator

OGBXg TIL Bruce Springsteen's hit "Born in the U.S.A." isn't celebrating patriotism, but criticizing war, and relating veterans' hardships

0d841 TIL that Julia “Butterfly” Hill, an environmental activist, lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree named Luna, 180 feet (55 mm) off the ground for 738 days to prevent Pacific Lumber Company from chopping it down. Her efforts were successful in saving the tree.

6EVl7 TIL that a man named Louis Cyr who died in 1912 still holds a number of unbroken weight lifting records, such as a 4,337 lb back lift and a 273 lb one-handed press.