Post * 76wX — Curious Curator

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TIL Maine’s state flower is a pinecone.

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6dx8 TIL that an orangutan named Fu Manchu repeatedly escaped from his cage at the zoo using a key he had fashioned from a piece of wire. Every time his zookeepers inspected him, he hid the key in his mouth.

BABk TIL that there is little evidence that Kim Jong-il and the North Korean media ever claimed that he made any kind of improbable golf score. Even North Korean officials say it is an urban myth.

V8np TIL that snakes are banned from New Zealand and smugglers could face penalties of up to a maximum of five years in jail and fines of up to $100,000. The ban is so strict that snakes are not allowed even in zoos.

pYYWG TIL that Paul Giamatti's dad was the Commissioner of Baseball and President of Yale University

wo5ro TIL that guard geese were used to protect American military installations in West Germany in 1986