Post * XEjnR — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1798 Congressman Matthew Lyon was imprisoned under the Sedition Act for criticizing and insulting the President. Later that year he became the only person ever reelected to Congress while incarcerated.

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b9YGa TIL that the last film Sean Connery was ever in was an animated flop called “Sir Billi,” which was about a skateboarding veterinarian who fights the police to help a fugitive beaver.

DQYYD TIL, why my sunburns sting so bad. Some soothing gels for sunburns have lidocaine in it to help ease the pain of a burn. However, I am one if the rare few who is allergic to this. So don't be like me and learn the hardway that you can be allergic to lidocaine. Posting to hopefully save some pain.

ARp7 TIL that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was elected with 100% of the votes. The ballot listed only him. Citizens are allowed to cross out his name and write in a new one, but they must step outside the election booth to do so, and write down the new name in front of election officials.

YoQB TIL Glenn Gould, one of the most proficient pianists to live, hummed instead of crying as a child, learned to read music before language, refused to play in concerts without his chair his father made him, and can be heard humming in virtually all of his recordings

0wQlM TIL Being forgetful makes you smarter. The primary function of memory is to improve decision making, so forgetting irrelevant details helps you to make more informed and relevant decisions.