Post * gM0rD — Curious Curator

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TIL the phrase "do you or a loved one suffer from mesothelioma" is the perfect example of the second person point of view.

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grWnb TIL that in 1972, 80,000 Ugandan Asians were expelled from Uganda because they were 'better off than Ugandan Natives'

YeoG TIL Hugh Glass, in 1823, was mauled nearly to death by a grizzly in South Dakota, but killed it with a knife, was left for dead with no supplies, set his own broken leg and crawled on his side for more than 200 miles, for 6 weeks, until he reached civilization. He survived.

YpGNA TIL Research shows that people infected with a parasite from cats were more likely to have business ambitions, and placed a greater emphasis on entrepreneurship and management.

oBZbR TIL that the pansy is quite a durable flower, able to survive with little water and freezing temperatures, despite its derogatory use as an "unmanly" or spineless person.

b9w5E TIL about a French chemist named Bertrand, who drank 5 grams of arsenic trioxide (a very poisonous substance) mixed with activated charcoal, just to demonstrate the adsorptive properties of activated charcoal and survived.