Post * MeJlb — Curious Curator

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TIL that Lt Gen Lesley McNair was killed by errant bombs of the Eight Air Force, near Saint-Lô on July 25, 1944. In one of the first Allied efforts to use heavy bombers in support of ground combat troops, several planes dropped their bombs short of their targets

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QW1a TIL that men typically fall in love faster than women and are more likely to be the first to take the lead in saying words of love in the initial stages of a relationship

gRey TIL 32 men from the single Kenyan Kalenjin tribe ran under 2:10 in the marathon in October 2011 alone; by comparison only 17 American men had done so in all of history to that point

VDkm TIL 98% of all pistachios produced in the U.S. are grown in California. This accounts for 25% of World Production, making the U.S. the second largest pistachio producer behind Iran

WkWvX TIL although Colonel Sanders is an iconic southerner he moved to Toronto in 1965 and lived there until his death in 1980.

pYE68 TIL about Motty, the only proven hybrid between an Asian and an African elephant. It died at the age of 10 days due to an umbilical infection.