Post * ML9B — Curious Curator

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TIL that if the man rationing the rum on a ship was suspected of cheating would be challenged to mix the rum with gunpowder. rum that was not watered down and was “over proof”, would still allow the power to ignite, coining the term.

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b9aDQ TIL in 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired the entire air traffic controllers union, invoking a law that stated government employees that engaged in a strike forfeited their jobs.

R70vQ TIL that in 2012, a Mormon sect in Arizona responded to a former member who spoke out against their leader by placing at his home a kitten that was buried alive in concrete up to the neck inside a metal tube. The kitten was rescued but died a few days later

N78ZP TIL Adolf Hitler had a ‘pet' alligator named Saturn who died only recently in a Russian Zoo

WkZ4N TIL In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital had to suspend workers who were betting on when patients would die. One nurse was even accused of murdering a patient so she would win.

7dAZ TIL: In 18th century England, umbrellas were strictly taboo and seen as a detestable, effeminate contraption. Cab drivers saw them as a threat to their business and grew violent towards umbrella owners.