Post * mxEgR — Curious Curator

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TIL that the creator of Rocko’s Modern Life, Joe Murray, was asked by executives to put a female role model in the show. After some back and forth, a female executive requested “"a professional woman, someone with a good hook.". So, Murray created Dr Hutchinson, a female doctor with a literal hook.

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GYY41 TIL that Italian artist Gaetano Pesce faked his own death to force the mayor of Florence to open his exhibition to the public

4XdrN TIL Someone has cataloged all the claims The Daily Mail have made regarding what does and does not cause cancer.

VMjrQ TIL of Alcor Life, A company which freezes human bodies in 500 below 0 temperature chambers so they can be revived in the future. They currently have 1,731 people under Cryo chambers

1aLa7 TIL "The father of modern chemistry", Antoine Lavoisier, was accused of defrauding the French government and convicted to be executed via guillotine. His judge responded to the appeal to save his life by saying, "The Republic needs neither scholars nor chemists."

4XZ5J TIL: From 1963 to 1986, images from reconnaissance satellites were recorded on film. To get the film back to earth, it was dropped from the orbiting satellite in a bucket, and the bucket had to be caught in mid-air by planes.