Post * yY0p — Curious Curator

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TIL that LBJ feared he would die at age 64 because his father and grandfather had done so; it played a role in his decision not to seek reelection. LBJ died at age 64.

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R7pZ4 TIL that James McCune Smith, the first African-American doctor, was rejected from all American colleges and had to attend the University of Glasgow in Scotland, where he graduated at the top of his class

yQajw TIL that the venom of the blue ringed octopus is 1000 times more powerful than cyanide, and has enough venom that could kill about 26 humans in a minute.

9YnOQ TIL the last surviving Civil War Pension recipient died less than 10 weeks ago.

v4rD TIL: Green eyes make up only 1-2% of the entire human population, and natural occurring Violet colored eyes exist.

10D TIL that a copy of ‘The Pond - moonlight’, a photograph shot in 1904 by photographer Edward Steichen, was sold for US $2.9 million in 2006 making it the most expensive photograph at the time.