Post * ANKLl — Curious Curator

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TIL about "kite fighting", a competitive pastime involving disposable kites and glass-coated strings used to cut loose another fighter's kite.

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jJ0M TIL the actor Thomas Kretschmann, who appeared in King Kong and The Pianist, made a month-long trek from East to West Germany to escape communism when he was 19. He crossed 4 borders with only a passport and the equivalent of $100 and lost part of his finger to frostbite.

xVZJB TIL HR Giger, who designed the Xenomorphs in Aliens, designed an unused batmobile for Batman Forever

0YrR TIL of Death Bear, a person in a seven-foot-tall bear costume who could be summoned via text message to visit New York homes to collect and remove painful reminders of breakups

grV7X TIL this is why they're called "Milk Shakes"

kOJ4g TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn't recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, "I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”