Post * wLrQM — Curious Curator

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TIL Hugo Chávez freed thousands of violent prisoners as part of some criminal justice system reforms, resulting in a tremendous surge in crime that caused the government to no longer produce crime data

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wonD7 TIL a 20-yr-old man died 10 hrs after eating unrefrigerated, 5-day-old spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had reheated at school. His autopsy highlighted the importance of refrigerating food: the warmer temp allowed bacteria in the pasta to grow & produce a toxin that contributed to his death.

dD4YB TIL at least 58 people have been killed by violent responses to Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.

JYkNj TIL in 2017 Emma Gibson was born 24 years after being concieved in-vitro. She was biologically one year younger than her 25-year-old mother. In 2020, the record was broken by her sister Molly, who was born 27 years after being conceived

KOrwa TIL that Premier Daniel Johnson Sr. of Quebec had two sons that also each became the premier of Quebec. All three of them were members of different political parties.

JYY1v TIL that in 2013 four female prison guards were all found to have been impregnated by the same inmate.