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TIL that Cardinal Arborelius, the Bishop of Stockholm, was the first ethnic Swede to become a Catholic Bishop since the Protestant Reformation

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KOl4Q TIL Dr. Jane Goodall set herself apart from traditional conventions by naming the animals in her studies of primates instead of assigning each a number. This also led her to develop a close bond with the chimpanzees and to become, to this day, the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society.
P1ne TIL: Audio cassette data storage was once so popular in some countries that radio stations would broadcast computer programs that listeners could record and then load into their computer.
RPbw TIL that R. Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking, but spent a such long time in the icy Atlantic ocean that doctors wanted to amputate his legs. He refused, recovered and went on to win his 1st US Tennis Championship that same year.
jNb4n TIL that Queen Elizabeth, mother of Elizabeth II, had numerous nicknames, including: Buffy, Cookie, the Dowdy Duchess, the Fat Scotch Cook, the First Lady of the Turf, the Merry Mischief, the Most Dangerous Woman in Europe, the Original Queen of Hearts, the Smiling Duchess, the Upmarket Alf Garnett
R5MQQ TIL of John Coffey a fireman, who deserted the Titanic at his hometown of Queenstown Ireland, the last stop before it headed across the Atlantic to New York.