Post * WpDA — Curious Curator

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TIL dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing

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l7ZRG TIL a polar bear swam continuously for 687 kilometres (426 miles) in the Beaufort Sea. She swam for 232 hours or 9 days straight, in waters that were 2-6 degrees celsius, resulting in her cub dying and a drop in her body fat

awav0 TIL the famous philosopher Voltaire's name is actually a pseudonym that has roots in the French phrase "determined little thing"; acting more like a modern avatar or screen-name.

BLex TIL Mengistu, the brutal communist dictator of Ethiopia, who had thousands of people executed and may have personally murdered Emperor Haile Selassie is alive and well under asylum in Zimbabwe

Yp6DP TIL about Solar Maximum cycles and the Carrington Event. A solar storm that hit Earth powerful enough to start fires and cause sparks from telegraph wires. The aurora was seen as close to the equator as South America and Northern Australia. The next Solar cycle is predicted to start this year.

RDZ8 TIL In 2010 a man was forced at knife-point to eat his own beard during a dispute over a lawnmower sale.