Post * Bgdlb — Curious Curator

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TIL A WWII Japanese kamikazi pilot survived the war, and when interviewed 60 years later, talked about the burden of surviving

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Y76rx TIL that Olympic gold medals are not made entirely of gold. They are mostly silver with only about 6 grams of gold plating.

m1LKE TIL the default Windows 10 wallpaper is an actual photo and not CGI

4XOO6 TIL of Mary Babnik Brown, who donated her 34" untreated hair to the United States military during WWII after they determined that blonde hair that had never been treated or exposed to heat was the most resilient material to use as the crosshairs in bomb sights.

Z8MQp TIL that Benjamin Franklin disliked the bald eagle as a symbol of America, calling it "a bird of bad moral character", and instead preferred the turkey, calling it "a Bird of Courage" who "would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards"

09ry TIL the collective noun for flamingos is a “flamboyance”.