Post * gx99 — Curious Curator

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TIL a woman donated a kidney to her boss, who then fired her when she took too long to recover from the operation.

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9OkX TIL a serial killer in New Orleans stated he would kill again on the night of March 19, 1919, but would spare the occupants of any place where a jazz band was playing. On that night, all dance halls reached capacity and amateur bands played jazz at hundreds of house parties. There were no murders.

BrobD TIL The last month of the year used to be February

BkJb TIL during the Black Plague, some plague doctors were officially commissioned and paid to walk the streets and differentiate between the living and the dead by poking bodies with sticks.

YwNP TIL if you want Bill Murray in your movie, you have to call a 1-800 number and leave a voicemail. If he likes your idea, he’ll call you back.

GWE7 TIL that in 1986, a woman who sought psychiatric help discovered memories of being in a satanic cult where she was forcibly raped, had to eat babies and as a consequence developed 120 different personalities to cope. The memories were later found to be false and the therapist was sued.