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6EdE8 Dangerous selfies have killed 'at least' 259 people. A 2018 study claims the number could be much higher, as selfies are never named as a cause of death.
EJOw TIL that in 1973, a psychiatrist named David Rosenhan sent eight people with no history of mental illness to mental hospitals. The staff couldn’t tell they were sane. It took some 2 months to get out.
BrAnL TIL Katharine Hepburn only went to the Oscars once (despite winning four awards, more than any performer). In 1974, she came straight from her garden to present an award, still wearing a loose black gardening outfit. It had to be spray-painted backstage to hide the mud stains.
GYZgG TIL that James Bond originally used a Beretta 418 until a fan of the novels (and small arms expert) wrote to Ian Flemming criticizing it as "a woman's gun". When Flemming had Bond switch to his iconic Walther PPK in Dr. No, he wrote the fan into the scene as MI6's armorer
7DlZ TIL that ancient egyptians used moldy bread as treatment for infected burn wounds, possibly already utilizing the antibiotic effects of molds accidently discovered by Alexander Fleming.