Post * R0A6 — Curious Curator

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TIL there is a species of deer in Germany who won’t cross the border where the Iron Curtain once stood, even though that border has been gone physically for 20 years.

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D6Gv TIL that antelopes will run from a cheetah that is 800 meters away, but will wait until a lion is only 200 meters away, because lions are stealth hunters and a visible lion is unlikely to attack.

OPYL TIL The “Middle Finger” gesture was first used in an ancient Greek play in 423 B.C, referring to “a male who submits to anal penetration

KOmyQ TIL half of all sexually active people will contract an STI by age 25.

BrGMb TIL about Dillibe Onyeama who in 1969 became the first black person to finish their studies at the prestigious Eton College in England. He wrote a book about racism at Eton and was subsequently banned from visiting the school. He finally received an apology for his treatment this year.

0wjA5 TIL life is really older than the trees in West Virginia. About a century ago, the state was almost completely deforested from farming, logging, and wildfire. Of the 16 million original acres of forest, only 263 remain. Now it's covered in forest again.