Post * MbbB — Curious Curator

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TIL Torture whistleblower John Kiriakou has been audited by the IRS every year for the last 7 years.

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OoMnR TIL of a study that showed Empathic People Get Burned Out Easily, Scientists Recommend Compassion Instead

eO8E TIL: That at age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family’s home.

PYJlG TIL Grizzly bears have a sense of smell seven times stronger than that of a bloodhound.

R7Wa9 TIL a Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive ‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom line than employing several less productive, but more cooperative, workers.

vyQx TIL that a 50 second “movie”, released in 1896, of a train approaching the camera, caused moviegoers to panic and run to the back of the room to avoid the train.