Post * oB8E — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1940, scientists concluded that consumption of ice cream was the leading cause of the polio epidemic, solely based on the stats that there were more cases of polio in the summer, which was also when children ate the most ice cream.

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GYMEN TIL bottle caps are used to stop life-threatening bleeds for dialysis patients

16DW8 Today I learned that humans can glow in the dark, however, they are too weak for the human eye to detect.

0wLx1 TIL, Saint Edith Stein was a Jewish convert to Roman Catholicism. In 1942, she became a prisoner of the Nazis. A dutch official offered her escape from Auschwitz but she refused, preferring to "share in the fate of her brothers and sisters".

RMla TIL that when boarding a train, a man who was mistaken for a terrorist suspect was held down by police and shot in the head seven times at point blank range. He was innocent.

9WMm TIL that bases feel slippery because they dissolve the fatty acids and oils in your skin, essentially making soap out of you.