Post * PXMV — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the 1950’s, CIA members feared being unknowingly dosed by LSD as it had become “something of an occupational hazard.”

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P19Ww TIL in South Korea, military members (mandatory for all male citizens) found to be homosexual through a psychology test can either be institutionalized or dishonorably discharged

L9Wv TIL due to an oversight by the Metropolitan Police, the BBC now own the trademark of the blue police box (the TARDIS) instead of the actual police force

e0NZD TIL about the Meno’s Paradox, also known as the Paradox of Inquiry. The gist of this paradox is that inquiry is either unnecessary or impossible, based on whether you know the certain fact or you don’t respectively.

brQ9 TIL Vincent Van Gogh painted over some of his paintings, keeping them hidden until X-ray technology brought their beauty to light.

nWrvB TIL electric car batteries are not one big battery but thousands of smaller batteries connected together