Post * jjen — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1974 a newscaster committed suicide during a live broadcast. Her last words were “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in ‘blood and guts’, and in living color, you are going to see another first—attempted suicide.”

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awXdo TIL The Tollund Man, who lived during the 4th Century BC, was so well preserved on discovery that that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim. His internal organs were intact; it was concluded that his last meal was porridge consisting of 40 kinds of seeds, eaten 12 to 24 hours before his death.

Ood0Y TIL about MICE, a commonly used acronym to explain the motivation of traitors. MICE stands for “money, ideology, coercion, and ego,” a combination of which may prompt an individual or a group of people to betray their country.

LQAZv TIL - Indonesia has 3 tiger subspecies. The Bali tiger vanished in the 1940s, while the last confirmed sighting of the Javan tiger occurred in the 1970s. This left only the Sumatran tiger, with an estimated population of fewer than 400 individuals, as the sole surviving tiger subspecies in Indonesia

AJp4 TIL the St. Patrick’s Day parade has been held every year in New York since 1762, in Boston since 1737, and in Dublin Ireland since 1995.

WnBA TIL Arab and Persian lands produced several outspoken rationalists and atheists during Islamic Golden Age. Al-Ma'arri wrote and taught that religion itself was a “fable invented by the ancients” .