Post * nW5gb — Curious Curator

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TIL that, in US politics, Republicans have been consistently “red” and Democrats “blue” only since the 2000 election; The New York Times made the choice because "red begins with r, Republican begins with r[.]"

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1QbX TIL: Thousands of lions are being bred on farms to be shot by wealthy foreign trophy-hunters.

rRerd TIL the non-Canadian born players on the 1978-79 Montréal Canadiens were born in Taiwan and Venezuela

BgdOk TIL that the longest recorded time a chicken has been observed flying continuously is 13 seconds, and the furthest recorded flight of a chicken has covered 301.5 feet.

kbLd TIL that the Chinese word for “contradiction”, 矛盾, consisting of the characters for “spear” and “shield” respectively, is said to derive from an old tale in which a Chinese merchant proclaimed to sell “spears that could pierce any shield” and “shields that could defend from all spear attacks”.

rN9Je TIL about ninja rocks, small ceramic shards that are (were) used in car burglary. These small shards instantly shatter a car's window, making it easy to steal them.