Post * MYaW — Curious Curator

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TIL that Diana Ross, who sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” lost her ex-husband to a mountain climbing accident years later.

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OG6p6 TIL that 'Off the Derech' is an expression used to describe a departure from a Jewish lifestyle. A 2013 survey on American Jews found that 52% of Jewish adults who were raised Orthodox, were no longer Orthodox.

voP4 TIL that in September 1939 the last thing BBC television aired before going off the air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. When broadcasts resumed in 1946, the same cartoon was replayed.

OGBx4 TIL that maggot therapy is an FDA approved treatment option for ulcers and wounds to promote healing. Live maggots are placed at the site of injury and eat the necrotic tissue, while also secreting anti-microbial chemicals.

Z8A5R TIL that, contrary to popular belief, there's no good evidence that vibrators were developed or used for treating "female hysteria". That idea comes from one book whose author said it's just a hypothesis rather than a claim of fact. Other historians consider it highly unlikely to be true.

xVnjb TIL about Salps - a jellyfish relative. They asexually reproduce chains of clones who are all female, which then detach and breed sexually. After giving birth to a single asexual offspring they become male, while the offspring starts the cycle over.