Post * ADgvn — Curious Curator

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TIL that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US after cardiac and respiratory illness.

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QkRd TIL a prison inmate tried to sue himself for allowing himself to get drunk and ruin his life. He demanded 5 million from himself and reasoned that the state should pay since he didn’t get a salary behind bars.

X0XRE TIL Abraham Lincoln once said "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races"

4X7a6 TIL that a mummified arm hangs on the wall of a church in Prague. While attempting to steal some jewels from the church, a thief became stuck and his arm had to be amputated. The arm, which is about 400 years old, was hung from a meat hook as a warning and it's been there ever since.

165gr TIL ancient geographers knew that Earth was a sphere but there was intense debate on the question if the opposite side of the planet is also inhabited by humans (called Antipodeans). Most thought that Antipodeans do not exist because intense heat at the equator forms an impassable barrier.

WkwwL TIL when Stephen King was run over by a car in 1999 the driver apologised and said he'd never even gotten a parking ticket before. King, lying injured, replied: 'well, I've never been hit by a car before'.