Post * nW7db — Curious Curator

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TIL that drinking a four-ounce shot of vanilla extract is equivalent to doing four shots of vodka

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6EvnQ TIL Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours, a world record. On the 11th day, when he was asked to subtract seven repeatedly, starting with 100, he stopped at 65. When asked why he had stopped, he replied that he had forgotten what he was doing.

BgVJy TIL that in China, thousands of teenagers have been labeled as "internet addicts" and sent to internet addiction clinics which are just psychiatric facilities that abuse them since 2002

ZbjR TIL after Douglas MacArthur was relieved of command in the Korean War in 1951, Emperor Hirohito visited him to offer his condolences. It was the first time a Japanese Emperor had ever visited a foreigner who was not a diplomat or royalty

yQEje TIL John Candy was paid $414 for his role in Home Alone (1990), doing it as a favor for screenwriter John Hughes

WADY TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.