Post * GyMj — Curious Curator

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TIL Someone created a list that cross references biblical verses that contradict each other, plus much more.

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PYnw TIL the human body creates 7 miles of blood vessels for every one pound of fat you gain. This is the reason obesity is so bad for the heart.

N7NL8 TIL that 3 residents of the Greek island Lesbos in 2008, tried to ban the use of the word ‘Lesbian’. They felt it insulted their identity, as they believed the term described their own origins. They lost and had to pay court fees of €230.

x6LDB TIL about Strom Thurmond filibuster. On 28 August 1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster failed to prevent the passage of the bill

KQBw TIL in the movie ‘Groundhog Day’ that writer/director Harold Ramis original script had Andy McDowell’s character living the time loop with Murray, that Murray kept track of time by reading a single page a day in the library until finished, and the time loop lasts 10,000 years

oDjR TIL a truck driver passed out, crashed, and died after breathing in toxic fumes created by a cargo of decomposing sea lettuce