Post * mxG9P — Curious Curator

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TIL The Word of The Week Noctambulist is a sleepwalker and Kaizen means to continuously improve ????????????

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nKgd TIL that a Swedish couple tried to name their child “Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116″ (pronounced Albin)

epN7n TIL Giovanni Battista Grassi ingested roundworm eggs in 1879 to solve the century-old puzzle of how infection of roundworm is transmitted from host to host. Eventually, he found fresh eggs in his feces. Thus proving that the roundworm is transmitted through direct ingestion of a contaminated source.

oebA TIL In 1988, a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student a few years later.

nWVK7 TIL that The Beatles recorded German-language versions of their songs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" in 1964 made specifically for the German market.

reVy TIL that the actress playing the T1000 as it imitates Sarah Conner near the end of Terminator 2. Leslie Hamilton , Linda’s Hamilton’s real life twin sister.