Post * 0weg5 — Curious Curator

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TIL Thad Roberts, a NASA intern, stole $21 million worth of moon rocks and dust just so he could symbolically "have sex on the moon"

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nPNW TIL that for cattle, a male is first a Bull Calf and grows into a Bull, unless it’s castrated, which is then known as a Steer which grows into an Ox. A female is first a Heifer Cow and then grows into a Cow.

ZpdDB TIL a beehive fence is a fence built to deter elephants based on their natural fear of bees. The fence is set up off the ground at chest height and contains hives spaced every 10 metres. If an elephant disturbs the fence, then hives shake and the bees become agitated, and the elephants are deterred.

beE4 TIL a black Chief Justice said after witnessing the jury trial system in the United States, he believed that South Africa is “better off without it.” Trial by jury was abolished in SA during Apartheid

0EvL TIL that in 2007 a White couple was tortured/raped and murdered by a group of 5 Black Men. Media critics complained that the story was ignored by the national media because the victims were white and all five of the suspects were black.

p8rvN TIL the vast majority of plastic polluting our oceans doesn't come from straws or bottles. It comes from abandoned fishing gear.