Post * NXDB1 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Samarra in Iraq was once one of the largest cities on Earth in the 9th century and home to enormous Abbasid palaces and the famous spiral minaret of the Great Mosque.

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4bGb TIL that when you blackout from drinking, it’s because of the effects that alcohol has on the hippocampus. You don’t forget anything. Your brain doesn’t record new memories.

7rvAp TIL that Monte Hall, long running host of Let's Make a Deal, would have been a doctor instead of a game show host. But due to a secret quota on Jews in medical school, he was never allowed to enroll.

5YQoD TIL Steve Irwin was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame on the 26th of April 2018, over a decade after he earned it.

vr0r TIL of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor stationed at the South Pole who diagnosed, biopsied and treated her own breast cancer during the overwinter period when the crew is normally isolated from the outside world. In complete darkness, medical equipment had to be airdropped from military aircraft.

nWxn7 TIL about the "Phantom Time Hypothesis," which suggests that 297 years of European history were entirely fabricated, and that we may actually be living in the year 1726.