Post * d8ror — Curious Curator

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ZQOa TIL that a system of bells alerts members of the UK parliament that a vote will occur soon. 500 bells around Westminster let MPs in offices, stores, restaurants, and pubs that they need to get back within eight minutes to vote.

JYBNQ TIL that Millennium Tower, a San Francisco high-rise housing more than 400 luxury condos, is sinking at a rate of 2 inches per year and leaning. The foundation wasn't anchored to bed rock, but sand, making it susceptible to further damage from soil liquefaction during a powerful earthquake.

VaQB TIL that in 1996 Tom Cruise witnessed a hit and run accident. He stayed with the victim after calling 911 and ended up paying her medical bills when he learned she was uninsured.

LkWWd TIL that "celebrity psychiatrist" Dr. Isaac Herschkopf manipulated a patient into cutting off his family, giving him his home, signing over his bank account, and amending his will to leave everything to the doctor's wife. Yet Dr. Herschkopf still maintains his medical license in New York City today.

OGAg4 TIL a woman drowned in a Massachusetts public pool, but her body was not found until two and a half days later. Lifeguards were alerted right after she drowned, but they took no action. Health inspectors even inspected the pool while the woman lay dead at the bottom, but failed to find her corpse.