Post * 8aKw4 — Curious Curator

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TIL An extremely rare only female white giraffe and her calf killed by local poachers in Kenya.

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9YrYX TIL a "familiar stranger" is a term used by social scientists for strangers we see on a regular basis but with whom we don't interact. Familiar strangers are more than complete strangers but do not rise to the level of an acquaintance.

8yeX TIL of Project COLDFEET, a 1962 operation where two CIA operatives were airdropped onto an abandoned Soviet research station on an ice floe, retrieved information on advanced submarine detection systems, and were extracted via the Fulton Skyhook recovery system to a modified B-17.

KOPvQ TIL that while Pope John Paul II considered the word 'popemobile' to be undignified, Pope Francis has made fun of the vehicle, calling it a 'glass sardine can'.

nWl4o TIL that the value of all the world’s real estate is about $327 trillion, which is almost four times more than global GDP.

pdae TIL there is a group of women who were the last to be born into China’s foot binding culture, residing in a small village in the Yunnan province. In their 80’s and 90’s, they tell their stories so we will not forget them.