Post * KNWJ — Curious Curator

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TIL of Michael Cicconetti, a judge in Ohio who uses what he calls “creative justice”. He sentences guilty defendants with unusual punishments, such as forcing a woman who abandoned her kittens to spent a winter night outdoors.

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jNEWn TIL the 'Indestructrible' Nicholas Alkemade survived an 18K ft fall from crashing bomber in 1944 completely unharmed. After WW2 while working at a chemical plant he survived: a 15 min exposure to chlorine gas, being sprayed with sulphuric acid, and having a 9ft steel pole fall on him.

MJpa TIL that in 1885, Edison offered Tesla $50,000 for redesigning his company’s DC generators. After months of work, Tesla inquired about the payment. Edison said he was only joking, replying, “Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor.” Tesla quit his job shortly after.

MPrW TIL that flexibility is not about muscle elasticity, but about training your nervous system that further muscle stretching is safe, so it won’t fire pain signals to the brain. We can all do a split under anesthesia

EgloW TIL of Shridhar Chillal, a man who didn't cut his nails for 66 years. From age 16, he let his left hands nails grow as a challenge. They eventually reached a total length of 909.6cm before, in 2018, he had them cut. He earned the Guinness World Record for "Longest fingernails on a single hand ever"

GAoGj TIL about exotic atoms. These are semu-stable elements, not on the periodic table, made from other fundamental particles. They can sometimes even bond with regular atoms.