Post * 4XZEb — Curious Curator

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TIL that ahead of the most recent papal election in 2013, bookmakers put the odds of Richard Dawkins being elected at 666-1, Bono at 1,000-1, Silvio Berlusconi at 2,500-1, and Lance Armstrong at 10,000-1

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5YPbn TIL of Kelly, a dolphin whose trainers gave her fish for bringing them litter/dead gulls to clean her pool. She started hiding fish under a rock in her pool, then used fish to lure gulls which she brought to her trainers to get more fish. She taught her calf the strategy, who taught more calves.

v1dPL TIL in 2012, China's national TV channel – known for its strict censoring of foreign films – stunned viewers by airing the anarchist film ‘V for Vendetta’ fully uncensored. It included the famous quote: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

Ynjd TIL that after needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.

OGP1Y TIL In 1971 Margaret Thatcher removed free milk for school children over the age of 7 in the UK, earning the nickname "Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher".

Oo0nX TIL Hawaii's King Kamehameha II (1819-24) was heavily influenced by Christian Missionaries. He ended the ancient religious laws, disbanded Hawaiian priests and destroyed temples. However he never converted to Christianity because he refused to give up his five wives, especially his half-sister.