Post * Y79Ed — Curious Curator

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TIL about Karen Wetterhahn who was a chemist that died of severe trimethylmercury poisoning. Her life could've been saved, if she had removed her gloves before 15 seconds of exposure to a drop of it. In 1996, regulatory bodies didn't know latex gloves were insufficient; she died almost a year later.

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XEPoD TIL about George and Otto, a ventriloquist act. After performing at the Adult Video Awards ceremony, they were asked not to come back, their act was too offensive. One of the first George dummies was destroyed after it got into an argument which led to the puppet being attacked with a knife.

OdYa TIL that a New Orleans police officer committed an armed robbery murdering a uniformed policeman and two employees of a restaurant in the process. One employee hid in the freezer and was spared; the officer returned to “investigate” the crime, and was identified by the survivor as the shooter

KOy1R TIL Anthony Hopkins wrote a fan letter to Bryan Cranston after finishing Breaking Bad, praising his performance as the best acting he’s ever seen.

dDvZd TIL 2016 was the first time since 1928 that the Republicans won an election without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket.

BLLy TIL that the first album release from Priority Records was by ‘The California Raisins’ a fictional rhythm and blues group made up of anthropomorphized raisins singing hit songs like 'I Heard It Through The Grape Vine’ in order to sell more raisins. The second was Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.