Post * 84RV — Curious Curator

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TIL John Stewart read every book from the authors he had on The Daily Show.

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R7OBQ Today I learned giraffes are frequently struck and killed by lightening strikes due to their towering height.

0wpyL TIL that cars with yellow, amber turn signals are 28% less likely to be involved in crashes.

5YbE8 TIL that Richard Donner received hate mail and death threats for making Superman (1978), which draws parallels between Superman and Jesus, with one letter telling him his "blood would run in the streets".

l79y7 TIL About Morton's Toe, a condition where the second toe is longer than the first toe. This is also known as a Greek foot, as opposed to the Egyptian's foot where the first toe is longer than the second toe. Only less than a quarter of the population has Morton's Toe.

NmG8 TIL that, during WWII, the Russians used a biplane on the Eastern Front that was so slow, German planes couldn’t target it without potentially stalling.