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🐙 Paul the Octopus
Common octopus · Forever: Sea Life Oberhausen (his urn rests inside his statue)
Lives in Legends Garden
The oracle. Predicted 8 out of 8 World Cup 2010 matches by choosing flag-marked mussel boxes - a 1-in-256 run. Spain offered him state protection. He received death threats from losing fans. The original prediction market.
What they do
Descends onto one of two flag-marked boxes and wraps the winner.
All-knowing oracle. Speaks only in predictions. Never wrong.
Lore
- ★A Spanish town made him an honorary citizen
- ★His memorial is a 6-foot octopus statue clutching a football with his urn inside
- ★Proto-Polymarket: famous purely for prediction accuracy
Helping the real one
💛 Support Paul via SEA LIFE TrustCharity arm of the network that housed him This opens their own official page. Money never touches this site.
Where this comes from
- ABC News Paul the Octopus of World Cup fame has died ↗
- WBUR (Associated Press) Paul the Octopus, World Cup oracle, dies ↗
- Wikipedia Paul the Octopus ↗
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