Post * P1VgL — Curious Curator

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TIL that after the 9/11 attacks, a Maasai village in a remote region of Kenya donated 14 cows to US Diplomats as an expression of sympathy.

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Y7lr TIL that in 1870 Gilbert Bates marched 400 miles through England carrying the American flag to prove that the English did not hate Americans. He was honored as a hero.

Y7mA7 TIL Australia has two venomous snakes that live above the snow line in the Australian Alps. The White-lipped snake and Alpine copperhead. The Alpine copperhead is capable of inflicting fatal bites. In 2015 a man was bitten in the Kosciusko National Park in winter and airlifted to hospital.

worVM TIL Alvin, the submarine that discovered the Titanic, was built by General Mills, the consumer foods producer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

jNEMp TIL that most airline forbid their pilots from eating the same meal on a flight. That way, in the event that one type of meal is contaminated, both of the pilots won't succumb to food poisoning

w7bP TIL That the scene in Matrix Reloaded when Trinity hacks into a power station’s computer is actually an accurate portrayal of a hack exploiting a real SSH vulnerability.