Post * nxEr — Curious Curator

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TIL Alec Baldwin donates all of the money he makes from Capital One commercials to charities and arts organizations.

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JNNV TIL that Steven Russell escaped from prison by using laxatives to fake the symptoms of AIDS. He then called the prison, posing as a doctor, asking for prisoners interested in an experimental treatment, and volunteered. Once out of Texas, he sent death certificates to the prison stating he had died

wno7 TIL the only coup in US history occured in North Carolina in 1898. A mob of white supremacists armed with rifles and pistols marched on City Hall in Wilmington and overthrew the local government, forcing both black and white officials to resign. The leader of the mob was later elected as mayor.

OG4l4 TIL that life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has risen from 12 years in 1912, to 25 years in the 1980s, to over 60 years in the developed world today.

nWjR7 TIL: Water aerobics is popular among the elderly because it prevents overheating and fall injuries during exercise.

XEJ8X TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.