Post * k6NB — Curious Curator

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TIL a factory in Honduras forces its workers to wear diapers for the sake of efficiency.

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Q8bp TIL that a US soldier at Bagram prison camp in Afghanistan was nicknamed “Monster” and “King of Torture” and was reported to torture prisoners including poking bound prisoners in the face with his penis and threatening them with sexual assault. He was put on trial and acquitted of all charges.

wLjwE TIL that earthworms don’t come to the surface after it rains because they can survive underwater for up to 2 weeks. They surface after a heavy rain for migration purposes.

xwVb TIL: Cary Grant began experimenting with LSD in the late 1950s, using it in psychotherapy sessions. He had an estimated 100 sessions over several years

R5051 TIL that as of 2023 Canadian government health guidelines now define drinking more than 2 alcoholic beverages per week as "moderate risk" drinking and more than 6 per week as "increasingly high risk" drinking

kJW0m TIL that in the John Lennon hit "Whatever Gets You Through The Night", the person singing backup vocals and playing keys was Elton John