Post * LWN0 — Curious Curator

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TIL Dennis Leary’s hit song “Asshole” was inspired from a set done by a 19 year old comedian, that comedian was Louis CK (Pod Cast 9:15)

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0waaR TIL that the first surgery was practiced around 3000BC and it was called trephining. It involved putting a hole in someone’s head, and some theorize that is was used to rid the body of evil spirits. This surgery was in use through Medieval times and the renaissance.

780p7 TIL the Depo Provera shot (a popular birth control) is linked to increased risk of brain tumors

Rvna TIL no one knows what Jesus looked like; “The artistic depictions down the ages have total and complete variation, which indicates that nobody did a portrait of Jesus or wrote down a description, it’s all been forgotten.”

j6L4Q TIL about The Church of Euthanasia is a non-profit educational foundation devoted to the restoring balance between Humans and the remaining species on Earth, advocating massive voluntary population reduction. The church promotes its environmental views.

9YrZQ TIL Richard the Lionheart's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was actually a rare female crusader who would march with her husband. However, their disagreements on battle plans eventually lead to the marriage being annulled, where she then after married a Norman and produced Richard.