Post * 16Qwd — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is on a wall instead of on the ground. This is because Ali, a devout Muslim, did not want people stepping on the name "Muhammad".

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MelrB TIL: The Hawaiian State Bird, the Nene, is descended from the Canadian Goose, who got lost while migrating between Canada and Mexico and just decided to stay in Hawaii half a million years ago.

ANNG7 TIL that a man robbed a bank for $1 in order to get sent to prison and receive treatment for pancreatic cancer. However, once inside he learned he did not have cancer, and struck a deal with prosecutors for an early release after one year in prison.

4XMNX TIL about Twenty-one: the Alpha of the largest wolfpack in history. Twenty-one never lost a fight, and was a gentle and empathic leader. He loved to wrestle with the pups and letting them win. "Twenty-one was the perfect wolf".

00dv TIL that a 17-year old girl diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma refused chemotherapy because she did not want to put the “poison” in her body. After the state took custody of the girl from her mother, a judge mandated she undergo chemotherapy treatment. She is now in remission.

QJ4aL TIL that the official divorce complaint of Mary Louise Bell, wife of world-famous physicist Richard Feynman, was that "He begins working calculus problems in his head as soon as he awakens. He did calculus while driving in his car, while sitting in the living room, and while lying in bed at night."