Post * pYA8Z — Curious Curator

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TIL that in Sydney, Australia, wealthy and poor suburbs are separated by a line of chicken restaurants called the "Red Rooster Line"

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WXdN TIL That there was a fire at a Girl’s school in Saudi Arabia which led to the deaths of 15 students because the Religious Police, the Mutaween, would not allow the students to escape because they were not properly covered.

yQPJV TIL that despite Denmark being occupied by Nazi Germany, over 99% of Denmark's Jewish community was spared from the Holocaust by being evacuated to Sweden in 1943

5Ybyn TIL that to film real sharks for 'Jaws', but have the normal sized Great Whites match the oversized model, they used smaller boats, smaller cage and short actor underwater.

wLEg8 TIL that Rolls-Royce cars have an anti theft mechanism that retracts the "Spirit of Ecstasy" ornament should it be jostled.

p8jXp TIL in 1979 students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison planted 1008 plastic flamingos across campus. Ever since, Madison has embraced plastic flamingos; they are their soccer team's mascot and are even the city's official bird.