Post * kOobW — Curious Curator

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TIL the real name of the actor that portrayed Wishbone was Soccer.

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JYwNV TIL in one variation of the Milgram experiment, subjects were directed to shock a "cute, fluffy puppy" instead of a human. Only half of the male subjects, and all of the female subjects obeyed the orders.

N7ldM TIL that under the British Rule, the Queen is a higher value playing card than the King, as the value of the cards changes dependent upon the sex of the current monarch.

rkAe TIL “health insurance” was actually cooked up as a ploy by hospitals to fill empty beds. The real impetus to making insurance commonplace is when they made premiums tax-free if paid by employers. Before insurance the average person spent $5 per year on medical care.

D1JGJ TIL a herpetologist is one who studies amphibians and reptiles, and there once lived a man-eating crocodile named "Gustave"

g4jW TIL I learned the Village People didn’t create the YMCA dance. The group was clapping above their head during a performance and the audience thought they were making a “Y” and continued by forming the rest of the letters The band just rolled with it and included it in the rest of their performances.