Post * v15J7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that whilst investigating the spread of HIV in Los Angeles and San Francisco, researchers used the letter 'O' to refer a case of someone "outside the state of California". The letter O, however, was interpreted by some readers as the numeral 0. The designation ''Patient Zero'' was born.

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R5lna TIL: Marmite, the famous yeast spread has a crazy long shelf. You could eat Marmite that was made in 1945, and it would be protected. Its flavor would have changed. However, it would, in any case, taste great.

X88j TIL that although Sweden and Switzerland never formally declared for either side during WW2, both countries heavily aided the Nazis. Mainly, the Swedish iron ore trade with Germany and Switzerland being the bank of Germany.

NXyZ1 TIL that Stalin didn't like constructivist architecture and under his rule cheap mass-produced buildings were de facto banned from being built in large cities, which instead were filled with grandiose buildings with detailed façades and labour intensive masonry.

d8KNd TIL even though the half-life of LSD is only about 30 minutes, its hallucinogenic effects can last up to 18 hours because the molecule gets stuck at an angle within the brain's serotonin receptor and cannot dislodge itself.

wokXP TIL of Thomas J. Midgley, creator of leaded gas and chlorofluorocarbons, now considered one of history's most dangerous inventors.