Post * GA7Pg — Curious Curator

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TIL: In 2010, a British man died after overdosing on caffeine.

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0wgGR TIL that before settling on the Butthole Surfers, the band went by many names including Fred Astaire’s Asshole, the Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole, and the Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole

rxj0 TIL That there’s a cookbook called “Fat Brad” that features recipes for all the meals that Brad Pitt has eaten onscreen

ENdd TIL the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK is suicide

NoLQ TIL Charles Darwin married his first cousin Emma Wedgwood, before having 10 children, three of which died before the age of 11. This lead him to wonder whether close genetic matches had an impact on health, adding to his theory of evolution and the passing of traits to offspring.

Z8rko TIL about the mysterious worldwide epidemic of Encephalitis lethargica. The disease attacks the brain, leaving some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. Between 1915 and 1926, 500,000 dead or incapacitated from it. It disappeared as mysteriously as it came in to the world.