Post * yOLa — Curious Curator

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TIL most of the “facts” about Nostradamus are false, his astrologies were false with lots of errors, he did not predict his own death correctly as it was his secretary who edited it after his death, etc.

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DQNbp TIL about ‘The Pizza Meter’ which refers to sudden increases of pizza orders from U.S. government offices, such as the White House and The Pentagon, before large events such as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Panama Invasion, and the Grenada invasion.

W7Ya8 TIL about MS St. Louis, a refugee ship that left Hamburg in May 1939 carrying a load of passengers, most of them Jewish refugees bound for Cuba. They were subsequently turned away by Cuba, the US, and Canada. The ship was forced to dock at Antwerp, and the passengers divvied up to various countries.

6EwX8 TIL that people scored higher in a mental agility test while wearing a lab coat that they believed was a doctor's coat. The effect was not there when they believed the same white coat was a painter's coat. The study showed that we embody associations we have with particular clothes.

eGjE TIL that JFK took numerous medications during his time in office prescribed by a doctor nicknamed “Dr. Feelgood”. He was forced to stop administering Kennedy drugs by White House officials, and JFK’s leadership notably improved, leading to successes such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.

nlmd TIL A Mansion is being built in the Ozarks which is designed to be earthquake resistant, bullet proof, blast proof, tornado resistant, bug resistant, fire resistant, and shall need little to no net energy to heat or cool.