Post * r1bM — Curious Curator

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TIL the story of Santa and his flying reindeer can be traced to hallucinogenic or “magic” mushrooms.

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yQ7l TIL Sir Isaac Newton’s self proclaimed greatest achievement was his lifelong celibacy.

MeeX8 TIL that Roman Emperor Valentian I died of a brain aneurysm in 375 because he became so enraged at a group of envoys. He reportedly became so angered that he burst a blood-vessel in his skull, leading to a stroke that ended his life.

p86aQ TIL bears in china are caged as cubs and never released, with many kept caged for up to 30 years in a practice called "bile farming"

npJb TIL a dutch man named Jan de Doot, in 1651, removed his own bladder stone with a kitchen knife. He pulled it out through an incision he made in his taint/gooch/groad/perineum. It was the size of an egg and weight a quarter of a pound. He lived for years after, and had the stone plated in gold.

ryX0 TIL The US spent $60 billion rebuilding Iraq after the 2003 war. There is virtually nothing to show for the money. Most of the money seems to have been stolen by US defense contractors, and there’s virtually nothing in Iraq to show for the rebuilding effort.