Post * OGVke — Curious Curator

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TIL: A woman known as SM experiences no fear or anxiety due to her amygdala being destroyed as a result of Urbach-Wiethe Disease, a rare genetic condition.

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e0Kj4 TIL contrary to American belief, peanut butter is a Canadian invention with roots with the Aztecs

OOda TIL L. Ron Hubbard considered himself a nuclear physicist, even though his degree was from an unaccredited university. The one course in nuclear physics Hubbard took was in 1931, whose records indicate that he scored an F in the course. Hubbard dropped out of school shortly thereafter with a 2.28GPA

8a9EL TIL about Keith Cutler, a judge summoned to be a juror on a case he was presiding over. When he applied to be excused from jury service he was initially declined, and was told to write to the resident judge, to which he replied: "I am the resident judge."

EVex TIL that during war, firing upon parachutists emerging from an aircraft in distress is considered by most militaries around the world to be inhumane, barbaric, and unchivalrous, that it is unnecessary, that it is contrary to fair play, and that military pilots have to be held to a higher standard.

Z1WR TIL James Cameron made the movie Titanic to get a dive to the shipwreck funded by the movie studio; not because he particularly wanted to make the movie.