Traci Mumford
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In 1962, the Navy started a training program for dolphins and all but one of these ocean dwellers.
Which animal was not in the Navy program?
Octopus, porpoise, seal, whale.
Octopus, porpoise, seal, whale.
The answer, octopus.
While the animal is exceptionally intelligent, as far as we know, they have yet to be recruited.
Dolphins, though, were sent to the Persian Gulf back in the 1980s to help with underwater surveillance.
Next question.
So it turns out that customer service snafus hit all of us, even if you're famous and powerful.
Recently, a man giving a speech in the Chicago area shared a story about how a good friend of his, who is definitely famous, but not by his birth name, hit a dead end trying to update his address on record at the bank.
The clip has been going viral thanks to the big reveal, which we have dinged out here.
Your question, who got hung up on?
The answer?
Pope Leo.
Lucky for him, another priest sorted out the banking issues.
Since Leo was busy, you know, being in charge of more than a billion Catholics, today is actually the one-year anniversary of him being named Pope.
So far, the customer service agent from this story hasn't been identified.
Though, to be fair, getting a call from His Holiness probably is not in the training materials.
And last question.
The top movie at the box office this past week was The Devil Wears Prada 2, a sequel that came storming in 20 years after the original.