Post * 6Nr8 — Curious Curator

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TIL Yul Brynner had a TV ad after he died: “Now that I’m gone, I tell you: Don’t smoke. Whatever you do, just don’t smoke”

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yVJN8 TIL that Stonehenge was restored and the stones were re-erected multiple times

nQK9 TIL that after poachers kill large mammals the presence of vultures overhead can warn rangers that a kill happened. So the poachers poison the carcasses for the vultures. This is causing a large decline in the vulture populations and leading to increased levels of disease.

GYwX1 TIL the Property Brothers have a music career, but they go by the Scott Brothers.

lpGK TIL that Neerja Bhanot, an Indian flight, attendant hid the passports of American passengers on board a hijacked flight to save them from the terrorits. She died while attempting to help passengers escape, shielding three children from a hail of bullets.

70Yb TIL of the Photon Sphere, a spherical region of space where gravity is strong enough that photons are forced to travel in orbits. If you were to stand in this region and look straight ahead you would see the back of your head.