Post * VBk14 — Curious Curator

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TIL: Timon & Pumbaa from The Lion King is based on an actual symbiotic relationship between these two species.

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4ky8g TIL Saudi Arabia in the 1960's would physically cut out articles of foreign newspapers that criticized the country and sold then as is, often with holes and missing sections entirely

RVn8 TIL Frank Zappa made a guest appearance on an early episode of Ren & Stimpy playing The Pope

P1KXw TIL Synchronized swimming was a sport where ONLY women competed. However, from 2024, MEN will be now compete in the team event at the Olympics. The IOC renamed the sport "artistic swimming" — a decision that has faced controversy. Male swimmers around the planet are training intently.

7rQRr TIL about Dr Denis Mukwege, a congolese gynecologist who specialised in women victims of extreme sexual violence. Threatened, he exiled with his family, but the Congolese women joined forces for him to come back. He now works in Bukavu where he is under constant protection from the UN.

neYOB TIL about Gobekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old temple (7,000 years older than Stonehenge) that predates humanity's oldest known civilizations and is full of strange animal carvings and towering stone pillars. The site's true purpose is still unknown.