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a8gby TIL that in the 1890s, the U.S. government created the Alaska Reindeer Service, in an attempt to persuade Alaskan natives to become reindeer herders. Reindeer were imported from Siberia, and Sami herders were brought from Norway to teach the Alaskan natives.
Var8 TIL Dutch Harbor, Alaska is plagued by bald eagles, who attack people, dig through dumpsters for food and generally make a nuisance of themselves. They call them Dutch Harbor Pigeons and they can’t do anything about them because they are an endangered species.