Post * N7lvN — Curious Curator

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TIL that when Napoleon's mother was told about her son becoming Emperor, she replied, "Let's hope it lasts."

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0dmbj TIL Conjoined twins occur once in every 50,000 to 60,000 births and 70 percent of conjoined twins are female

p8vbA TIL that while preparing a speech to create a permanent soil erosion service, Hugh H. Bennett was notified of a dust storm approaching Washington DC. He pushed back meeting with Congress until it was estimated to arrive to conclude with opening up the curtains to a dramatic view of a dust storm.

loxMr TIL that a 1996 federal law allows restaurants to donate leftover food without getting sued, and that nobody has ever filed a lawsuit against a restaurant over donated leftovers

PQeV TIL that three hunters in Oregon were discovered dead around their campsite with no marks or signs of a struggle. The only unusual thing was the discovery of a dead newt in the coffee pot that was later found to produce Tetradotoxin - a poison 10,000x more potent than cyanide.

nVbo TIL the outspoken feminist and author Camille Paglia has actually been a strong critic against modern feminism, stating that “feminism has become a catch-all vegetable drawer where bunches of clingy sob sisters can store their moldy neuroses.”