Post * N7j4P — Curious Curator

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TIL Known for her tense thrillers such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, novelist Patricia Highsmith preferred snails to people.

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Ljjd TIL that 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a potent weight loss drug that raises body temperature to burn more calories, was used by Russian soldiers in WWII to very effectively survive extreme cold. They could also use it as an explosive.

GAwkJ TIL that Earth tilted 31.5 inches due to massive groundwater pumping.

AD9Od TIL Hugh Laurie realised he had severe clinical depression after feeling neither excited nor frightened after seeing two cars collide and explode in front of him. He later commented: "Boredom is not an appropriate response to exploding cars."

Y7DZP TIL that the band Phish hosted 80,000 people, the largest on earth to usher in the new millennium, for New Years 2000 at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in Florida

oodK TIL that www.milk.com is not owned by anyone in the dairy industry and is just one man posting random links and bits of prose. He refuses to sell it for less than $10000000