Post * xk77 — Curious Curator

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TIL: Over 248 Police Officers and Firefighters in New Jersey were linked to a steroids ring in 2007.

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6E0XZ TIL that for the past two years it is no longer criminal in Canada to challenge somebody to a duel, accept a challenge to a duel or provoke somebody to challenge another person to a duel.

neveY TIL the Hitchcock film North By Northwest (1959) is regarded by some to be "the first James Bond film", due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, a femme fatale, and an elegant, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain

E1GG7 TIL that a potential complication during vaginal delivery is a "Uterine Inversion". In order to treat said inversion, the attending Doctor quite literally fists the female; he/she grabs the uterus through the vagina, and manually pushes it back into place. The alternative is massive hemorrhage.

ZpmBR TIL Mr. Lawrence, the voice of Plankton, worked as a layout assistant on Ren and Stimpy, and oversaw some of the grotesquely detailed closeup oil paintings made famous on the show, a style that was later imitated on Sponegebob.

R7Wx1 TIL that Joss Whedon wrote the Buffy episode "Hush" after hearing people say that the show was only successful because of the dialogue. Hush, with only 17 minutes of dialogue, became the only episode nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing and is considered to be one of the show's greatest.