Post * Y7MdW — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that using the word "period" to refer to menstruation is an artifact from the 19th century, when explicitly talking about menstruation was considered taboo, so euphemisms were used instead.

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jn6j TIL Luxembourg is the second wealthiest country in the world (based on per capita GDP).

EgD07 TIL that Joey Fatale, the little person who founded Mini Kiss, also played Little Jay Leno on Late Night With Conan O'Brien

GYjeg TIL in 1943 after Naval intelligence provided them with his exact itinerary, US fighter pilots successfully shot down a transport plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yamamoto was believed to be responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor

kODGd TIL of the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It's about curious medical cases, including one of a patient with visual agnosia who not only did really mistake his wife for his hat, but also couldn't tell the difference between his shoe and his foot.

vLpR TIL Marvin Gaye died from a gunshot to the heart at point blank range after intervening in an argument between his parents. His father fired the fatal shot.