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People & Society A German nun left heartbroken after seeing leprosy patients in Pakistan, where it was believed as a punishment from God & patients were ostracized, left everything behind & moved there to fight leprosy alone. She got the country (then population of 127 million) rid of disease. April 3, 2021👍 -
People & Society Leonardo da Vinci received complaints about his procrastinating from one of the priors while painting The Last Supper. He solved the argument by threatening to use that particular prior as the model for Judas in the fresco. The complaints stopped shortly after he made this remark. March 31, 2021👍 -
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People & Society Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier was born unexpectedly in Miami when his parents were visiting. He was two months early and not expected to survive. He was raised in the Bahamas and went on to be not only an Oscar winning actor but also the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan for over a decade. March 18, 2021👍 -
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People & Society Some luxury buildings in New York City will only let you buy an appartment there after board approval. Mariah Carey was once rejected after showing up to the interview in a 'bare midriff' and answering "he be dead" when asked if Biggie would be visiting the building. March 3, 2021👍 -
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People & Society Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini were friends at one point, however Doyle refused to accept Houdini performed using trickery and believed he had supernatural powers. Their friendship ended after Houdini exposed séance mediums who claimed to have powers to talk to the dead. February 27, 2021👍 -
People & Society In 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling home from France when his train derailed while crossing a bridge, and his car was left dangling from the tracks. He helped save stranded passengers and then climbed back into the dangling car to find a manuscript he was supposed to send to his publishers. February 27, 2021👍 -
People & Society John Cockcroft, the man who insisted that the windscale nuclear power plant chimney stacks be fitted with high performance filters that saved much of norther England from becoming a nuclear wasteland after the reactor caught fire was mocked for his caution before the accident. February 24, 2021👍 -
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People & Society Sleight of hand artist Apollo Robbins was so proficient that he once managed to pick the pockets of 2 secret service agents assigned to former president Jimmy Carter. He managed to steal the forner president's itinerary, the keys to his motorcade and the badges of the agents. February 20, 2021👍 -
People & Society Nicaraguan Sign Language is a sign language that spontaneously developed among deaf children in Nicaragua in the 1980s. It is of particular interest to linguists because it is believed to be to be an example of the birth of a new language, unrelated to any other. February 20, 2021👍 -
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People & Society Just 29 days after the Titanic sank, a silent film was released chronicling the event. It starred Dorothy Gibson, an actress who had survived the sinking. To add to the film's authenticity, she wore the same clothes that she had worn on the night of the disaster. February 13, 2021👍