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TIL There is no concept of an ‘Alpha’ Wolf in the wild and that a wolf pack is nothing but two parents along with their younger cubs

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p8r4Q TIL that in 193 AD, the personal bodyguards of the Roman Emperor Pertinax, after killing him, auctioned off the entire Roman Empire. The successful bidder, Didius Julianus was emperor for two months, after which he was beheaded and replaced.
6958Y TIL about Abell 39, one of the largest known spheres with a radius of 1.3 lightyears
kLlW TIL a man broke into an Amish schoolhouse, killed 10 girls, and then commited suicide. The Amish forgave the killer, set up a charitable fund for the killer’s family, and 30 members of the Amish community attended the killer’s funeral.
RY4w TIL Charlie Chaplin spent the last two decades of his career concentrating on re-editing and scoring his old films for re-release, along with securing their ownership and distribution rights.
vGpK TIL in 2003 Dave Grohl was on the top of the Billboard Modern Rock chart for 17 of 18 successive weeks, as a member of three different groups