Post * Gyd4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the NBA originally banned Air Jordans from being used by players, but Michael Jordan wore them anyhow because Nike paid the fine each game he wore them.

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rRd6W TIL that Charles Darwin wrote a list of pros and cons of marriage. Pros included "constant companion and a friend in old age... better than a dog anyhow". Cons included "less money for books". When he visited his future wife he forgot to propose because he was too busy telling her about evolution

WkGK9 TIL Billy Joel attempted suicide by drinking furniture polish and ended up in a coma at Meadowbrook Hospital

x6mlw TIL that the first paramedics were a bunch of American Black men, formed in collaboration with the Father of CPR, Austrian Peter Safar. Their director was a Nancy Caroline, MD

j67ME TIL In a lifetime, the average American spends approximately 38.5 total days just brushing their teeth.

wn7E TIL That Japan’s surrender following the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki may have been due in part to the “confession” of the captured US pilot Marcus McDilda, revealed under totrture that the US had 100 atomic bombs and would bomb Tokyo and Kyoto next.