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TIL Two headed dolphins are rare, but real.

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0wxGR TIL in 1970 the mafia successfully had the words "Mafia" removed from official US Justice Dept documents, The Godfather movie script and for Macy's to stop selling "The Godfather Game".
mx9yy TIL that not only has "Meet The Press" been on television since 1947, it's first moderator was a woman - Martha Rountree. She was also a producer on the show.
M7NbK TIL about Hakuho Sho, the greatest sumo wrestler ever, with 45 championships, 16 undefeated championships, and 1187 wins. He held the coveted rank of yokozuna for 14 years and has the highest top division win ratio (84.6%) out of anyone in the modern era. He retired in 2021.
9Ynp TIL that when two Japanese pole vaulters tied for silver in the 1936 Olympics, and one was awarded the bronze, they had their medals split in half back home, and got them fused as half-silver and half-bronze in a showing of friendship.
XE5Q TIL Trey Parker wanted to turn the South park episode ‘Pinewood Derby’ into an hourlong special about Earth being 'taken over by a lone alien wielding a small pistol’ but decided not to because the Simpsons had already done that.