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TIL The American Iron Front owes its roots to a paramilitary organization formed in the 1930s in Germany to oppose the Nazis that was named simply the Iron Front (Eiserne Front).

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9Y5g7 TIL that a Spanish town mailed dog poop back to offenders. A team of volunteers looked for careless dog owners and struck up conversations to learn the dog's name, which made it possible to identify the owner via pet records and mail back the poop, labeled "Lost Property." Violations dropped by 70%.
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