Post * NZP8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in Nikola Tesla’s elderly years he became obsessed with feeding pigeons particularly a white female one, speaking of her he said “ I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life”

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awBW0 TIL That there are 3 raptor species (known by Aboriginals as 'Firehawks') in Australia that intentionally spread wildfires by grabbing a burning stick from a wildfire, flying it to a new area and drop it. Small mammals run from the blaze, which are scooped up by the birds.

jNLvp TIL that Aladár Gerevich, a Hungarian fencer, is regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". The only athlete to win the same event 6 times, winning sabre in 6 Olympics between 1932 and 1960 (the 1940 and 1944 games were cancelled due to WWII). His first and last wins were 28 years apart.

OGa1g TIL There are actually multiple definitions of 'real'. In 1972, Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicists, John Clauser, Anton Zeilinger and Alain Aspect showed that the 'local realism' view of the universe is likely to be false. Meaning: the world exists only when you're looking at it.

XE4RQ TIL of Arfa Karim, who at the age of nine became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional. After an epileptic seizure resulted in cardiac arrest, Bill Gates directed his doctors to adopt "every kind of measure" for her treatment.

Aal4 TIL Daniel Tosh suffers from social anxiety, but overcomes it by acting as a different character durring his shows.