Post * MlG7 — Curious Curator

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TIL That an orangutan at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Nebraska had learned to pick locks with a piece of wire that he had hidden in his mouth.

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OG0G1 TIL there are cells in the pancreas called the "Islets of Langerhans"

ANGkx TIL that the Vatican sent an investigator to determine if the rumor about Shirley Temple being a 30 year old dwarf posing as a child was true

dxA9 TIL in Japan women give chocolates to men on Valentine’s Day and the men reciprocate it a month later for White Day.

xVWWB TIL 17% of the GNP of Isle of Man comes from gambling and insurance.

ADdLB TIL about the Oka Crisis, when the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, joined by natives from other communities in Canada and the United States, rebelled against an attempt by the local Canadian government to build a golf course over sacred Mohawk land.