Post * VM0m8 — Curious Curator

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TIL Roald Dahl's last words were nearly “It’s just that I will miss you all so much,” until a nurse pricked him with a needle and he said “Ow, fuck!” then died.

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5Y9y8 TIL Dick Van Dyke dropped out of high school during his senior year in 1944 to join the military. He went on to earn his diploma in 2004 at the age of 78.

gM9vA TIL that a group of amateur astronomers track down goverment spy satellites and publish the information, which is supposed to be classified.

J1vOQ TIL that Gwenyth Paltrow once endorsed the practice of steam cleaning your vagina where “you sit on what is essentially a mini throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your uterus”. There has been no evidence that steam cleaning has any benefits.

OJ6 TIL that in the early Roman Empire,light-color hair was associated with the barbarian women of Gaul and Germany who often ended up as slaves in brothels. Consequently, Roman law required all prostitutes to dye their hair blonde in order to distinguish themselves from “proper,” dark-mane ladies.

m1Jjp TIL hazardous chemical exposures were common experiences in United States of America in mid 1960s, and two years before OSHA (U.S.A) enactment of 1970, 14,000 workers died each year from work related hazards and another two million were disabled or harmed.