Post * LgW0 — Curious Curator

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TIL the lowest score Super Mario Bros. can be beaten with is 600 points

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6ELP7 TIL In Indonesia, some teenagers collect used tampons and menstrual pads, boil them and drink the liquid. Authorities say the chlorine used to sanitise menstrual products gets the kids tipsy.

4kMZR TIL that Roman Emperor Caligula would torment his senators by making them run in front of his chariot for miles. He also was so hairy that he made it a capital offense to mention goats in his presence.

Q70M TIL that the late, famed wrestler, Verne Gagne ‘bodyslammed’ a fellow 97yr old resident in his nursing home and the resident died from his injuries - Police ruled it a homicide. But no charges were pressed due to Verne having dementia.

9YOa6 TIL that for the 1952 British Columbia election the Liberal/Conservative coalition introduced a ranked choice voting system with the hopes of keeping the surging Co-operative Commonwealth Federation out of power...it backfired and instead gave a majority to the fledgling Social Credit Party instead

wEyJ TIL M. Night Shyamalan once watched Nickelodeon kid show ‘Are You Afraid Of The Dark?’, and particularly enjoyed an episode called “The Tale of the Dream Girl”, which is about a kid who can communicate with the dead. The episode would influence him to write the screenplay for The Sixth Sense.