Post * jNa7M — Curious Curator

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TIL that angry people are significantly more likely to get heart attacks than the rest of us.

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rNm8y TIL there have been more than 60,000 episodes of Sportscenter, which is more than any other program in american tv

wLxgM TIL that after WWII, Col. S. L. A. Marshal published a report that found only 15-20% of soldiers in combat fired to kill during the war, even if their lives were threatened. This prompted the US Army to switch from bulls-eye targets to sillouette targets to desensitize soldiers to killing

xLGo TIL It costs around 2.75 million dollars to make an episode of The Walking Dead, and it pulls in 11 million in commercial revenues for a profit of 8 million an episode

Br1Bx TIL Fasting was used as a method of protesting injustice in pre-Christian Ireland, and had specific rules by which it could be used. It was often done on doorsteps, possibly because allowing a person to die at one’s doorstep, for a wrong of which one was accused, was considered a great dishonour.

epEvD TIL Howard Hughes once refused to leave a hotel room in Las Vegas. Instead of leaving, he decided to purchase the entire hotel. Hughes then expanded his holdings in the city, became the largest employer in Nevada, and was thought to be largely responsible for the modern transformation of Las Vegas.