Post * EaLw — Curious Curator

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TIL that after visiting the Three Mile Island nuclear plant’s accident in 1979, Jimmy Carter—trained in nuclear power from the US Navy—told his cabinet that the incident was minor. The president did not say so in public, however, to avoid offending fellow Democrats who opposed nuclear power.

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0d1WA TIL according to a 2020 case report, a 32-year-old man presented with a 6 day history of deep anal pain and abdominal pain following an incident where a female partner had assaulted him by inserting a perfume canister into his rectum while he was drunk.

VBYaG TIL that Black Genesis, the second book in L. Ron Hubbard's series Mission Earth, was one of five nominees for the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel. It came in 6th place, behind all four other nominees as well as "No Award."

oJrr TIL female obesity is considered so attractive in Mauritania that 75 percent of rural Mauritanian girls are forcibly fattened on camel milk and animal fat in a custom called “leblouh”

69BdJ TIL that the upside down Cross was originally associated with St Peter who, according to catholic tradition, was crucified upside down upon request. He felt unworthy to die in the same way as his savior.

xRYb TIL that a man by the name of Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person alive to be officially credited for surviving both nuclear bomb blasts. He was in Hiroshima on business for an employer when the bomb dropped, survived, and then went to work in Nagasaki three days later when the second detonated.