Post * ney97 — Curious Curator

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TIl that in 1926 Anglo-Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini. However, the first shot only hit his nose and the gun misfired when the attempted a second. She was released without charge, deported to the Britain and spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum.

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Wkebd TIL that the halo sniper is real

nJD7 TIL that Godzilla is covered in “keloid scars” to evoke the gruesome marks borne by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. After these incidents, Godzilla was conceived in Japan as a metaphor for the danger nuclear weapons represent to humanity.

QNyxL TIL the "tank" was named by the British military during WWI to make the enemy think they were developing a kind of water carrier instead of a secret new weapon.

NMXQ TIL men that ejaculate 5+ times a week cut their risk of prostate cancer by 33%.

KEBw TIL When Chuck Palahniuk attempted to publish his second novel, Invisible Monsters, publishers rejected it for its disturbing content. This led him to work on his most famous novel, Fight Club, which he wrote as an attempt to disturb the publisher even more for rejecting him.