Since the accident killed her parents, "in effect" seems a curious bit of legalese.

A curious bit of ID material, not that it will do much good.

When the summer glow-worms came (lightning-bugs the boys called them) we saw another curious and pretty bit of hunting.

By far the most curious bit of Pekompf's cunning came under my eyes, one summer, a few years ago.

Watching them thus at their play, the meaning of a curious bit of deer anatomy became clear.

Once I saw a curious and canny bit of their laziness.

On another lake, years before, when hunting in the same way without a gun, I saw another curious bit of deer wisdom.

Professor Bumper started with them, but on the way he saw a curious bit of rock which he stopped to pick up and examine.

Of course, the author has a purpose in gathering such curious bits of information.

What resulted was a curious bit of ecological chaos.