Post * b6Eg0 — Curious Curator

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TIL that although forbidden by the rules, Ralph Steinman was awarded a Nobel Prize for "his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" after his death which occurred three days earlier on September 30, 2011, the jury being unaware of his death at the time of its decision.

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e0yon TIL that Palm oil producers are wiping out orangutans – despite multinationals’ promises

6Emom TIL that Taylor Swift Re-recorded her own album and produced it under her pseudonym "Nils Sjöberg", under a non-existent cover band, just to make sure that not a single penny goes into the pocket of Scooter Braun, who purchased her work without her knowledge.

0d1KL TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes

XEbpR TIL of Razzle Dazzle. A carnival game that is designed to make the player believe he is ALMOST winning. But mathematically it actually is near impossible to win despite being very very few points from winning.

W7Rv8 TIL about the Zulu philosophy 'Ubuntu', which translates roughly as 'I am because you are': a philosophy of the interconnectedness of all individuals regardless of differences.