Post * xVDLD — Curious Curator

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TIL that the University of Chicago economists used to propose a plan, dubbed The Chicago Plan, to limit the power and independence of the Federal Reserve. This plan was drafted during the wake of the Great Depression

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mkrp TIL that the world’s largest tunnel digging machine, Bertha, is stuck under Seattle

a8EOZ TIL Katharine Hepburn- the person with the current record Academy Awards for acting (4)- never accepted the Oscars because she didn't believe in the concept, saying her work was its own prize. She did attend the ceremony, once, though, for other reasons.

D1XbP TIL that virtually every house has thousands to millions of dust mites that you can’t see and never notice unless you have an allergic reaction to its feces

aM5b TIL One of the worst nuclear disasters involved 112,000 Brazilians being inspected after a piece of radiotherapy equipment was stolen. One man wanted to make his wife a ring from the glowing blue powder. She died.

VMrAZ TIL Phlegm in medieval medicine actually referred to the fluid made by white blood cells and platelets, as each of the four humors were based on the different layers that would form when blood is separated