Post * j6LXX — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the 19th century, a common treatment for syphilis was to flush the vagina or urethra with mercury.

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Y76nZ TIL that Clifford Johnson, the most severely burned survivor of 1942's horrific Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston, underwent several hundred operations. He married his nurse and returned home to Missouri. Years later, he burned to death in a fiery automobile crash.

KO8pR TIL that roughly 2200 people are bitten by Black Widow spiders in the US each year. Zero of these recorded bites in the last century have resulted in fatalities.

a8k7o TIL Ray Burton, the father of Cliff Burton, donates the royalties he receives from his son’s work in Metallica to a music scholarship programme at Cliff’s old high school.

YpKar TIL the first official Canadian Football game was recorded as having taken place in November 1861 at the University of Toronto - eight years earlier than the first official American Football game, which took place in November 1869.

LQLkr TIL It has been reported that besides Abe Lincoln, the ghosts of William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, and Thomas Jefferson also haunt the White House. Lincoln’s ghost hasn’t been seen since the 1980’s.