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TIL when 3 people tried to sell Coca Cola secrets to Pepsi, Pepsi informed Coke and the FBI.

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P1dV TIL that an alligators immune system can fight HIV
kw5d TIL that the Ukrainian government hires thugs to incite violence, provoke unlawful behaviour amoung peaceful protesters, engage public in scuffles and fights. Called Titushky, they usually pretend to be one of the demonstrators.
OQk7 TIL that Jane Roe is now a strong Pro-Life supporter. She is actively working in order to get the Supreme Court to overturn her case, Roe v Wade.
ZPVa TIL that through 50 years of experimentation investigating the domestication of wolves, scientists in the USSR (and later Russia) successfully domesticated the Silver Fox, a breed of foxes that behave like dogs
Pwrn TIL that in classical Athens, which is considered the place where democracy was born, only 30.000 adult male citizens had a right to vote. Their laws and decisions affected as much as 2,5 million people in the period of Athenian hegemony.