Post * e0A5n — Curious Curator

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TIL when constructing a pool in his backyard, a man found human remains and coffins from the 18th century

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LQAOd TIL that Frank Caprio’s dad reprimanded him for refusing to forgive $300 in parking tickets to a single mom on his first day as a judge, inspiring his compassionate approach to justice throughout his career

69718 TIL that Blue-eyed people are more likely to become alcoholics. A gene lying near the OCA2 gene on chromosome 15 carries a mutation that leads to increased alcohol tolerance, and thus a tendency to drink too much.

90Qp TIL that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed just as he was organizing a poor people’s campaign demanding universal basic income and criticizing the government for spending more on war and stifling social programs.

8e6pa TIL: A dude bought flight insurance in 1955 at an airport where his mother was literally about to take off. Apparently, they used to sell it AT the airport and from a vending machine no less. He had planted explosives in her suitcase and killed all 44 people on board to collect the insurance.

6EaGW TIL that Paris gets its name from the Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, who between 250 and 225 BC, settled on the banks of the Seine, built bridges and a fort, minted coins, and began to trade with other river settlements in Europe