Post * rRM8M — Curious Curator

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TIL that there is a bird called bittern that defends itself by mimicking a stick!

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rRLke TIL the greater rhea, an ostrich-like bird native to South America, is now represented by a small but growing wild population in northern Germany after some escaped from a game farm in 2000. Hunting was recently introduced to control the population.

d8JGd TIL that Buick is the oldest surviving American car brand, founded in 1899.

Vj5m TIL Abraham Lincoln once gave a speech in Bloomington, Illinois so captivating that it caused every single reporter present to forget to take notes. There is no copy of this speech in existence, and we can only guess at the content. This speech is known as Abraham Lincoln’s ‘Lost Speech’.

W7XaX TIL that in 1940 Hans and Margret Rey, a Jewish couple, fled Paris on bicycles they built themselves as the Nazis invaded. They carried with them the manuscript for their children’s book, “Curious George”.

1nGd TIL: Gypsy is actually short for Egyptian.