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kO0JE TIL In 1975 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to USA's Howard Temin for his research on cancer. During his acceptance speech in Sweden, he called out some present -- including a Queen and other royalty -- for smoking. He insisted that the ashtray on the laureates' table be removed.
Z8QL4 TIL that John Fiedler, the original voice of Piglet, died one day after Paul Winchell, the original voice of Tigger, in 2005.
r9Ky TIL Zheng He (born 1371) was a Chinese explorer, mariner, diplomat and fleet admiral who travelled as far as Arabia. He was a eunuch who had been castrated by the Empire and enslaved as punishment, but rose to immense power.
8e7Xa TIL the first woman elected to the british westminster parliament was the Irish Republican leader Countess Markievicz
Y7PaZ TIL that there are only 10 people in the world who have achieved the 'Explorer's Grand Slam' - reaching the North and South Pole and climbing the highest mountain on each continent.