Post * rNyR0 — Curious Curator

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TIL; Smoking was allowed on airline flights up until the late 80s.

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MZDa TIL 7 members of an isolated Indian tribe emerged from the Amazon and made contact with people in a village near the Peruvian border because “violent attacks” by outsiders had driven them from the forest. Later, details emerged that their elder relatives were massacred and their houses set on fire.

p8MbQ TIL that the Geto Boys' 1991 album We Can't Be Stopped was taken in the hospital the day after Bushwick Bill was shot in the eye. High on PCP and drunk on Everclear, he said he shot himself during a tussle with his girlfriend, but later stated he told his mother to shoot him for insurance money.

Y7vy7 TIL that the "mid-/trans-atlantic accent" in old Hollywood movies is largely a myth.

GVbG TIL A hospital in Nanjing introduced an automatic sperm extractor for men. It has a massage pipe at the front with adjustable height, speed, frequency, amplitude and temperature. It also has a screen to display “artistic” movies. (Text and video)

Yd8Z TIL In Britain, an employer cannot give a subjective bad reference as they can be sued for libel or defamation of character. Any negative remarks must be defendable in a court of law, which is why employers will usually opt to say nothing instead.