Post * KJkE — Curious Curator

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TIL that a man named Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on a business trip in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb dropped. He was wounded, but returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, where the very next day the second atomic bomb was dropped. He survived both blasts and lived to 93.

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OGM7 TIL that when Donald Sutherland was cast in Animal House, he was offered either a 40k upfront payment, or a percentage of the film. Thinking that the film wouldn’t be a success, he took the 40k. Had he taken even just 1% of the film’s revenue, he would have made $1,416,000.

yQQMp TIL that surgeons and their staff play music 62-72% of the time while operating on patients

yWXe TIL at the age of 14, Helen Mar Kimball was told by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, that in order to ensure eternal salvation for herself and her family, she had to enter into a polygamous marriage with him. She consented 24 hours later.

E1Yvw TIL Chiropractic is actually a form of "alternative medicine", where studies have not found evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective and collectively found that spinal manipulation was ineffective at treating any condition.

rRO00 TIL strong odors, such as cologne and perfume, may cause a person's blood vessels to swell and dilate and, in turn, stimulate the nerve system in the brain associated with head pain causing headaches and migraines.