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TIL that some wild boar in Italy discovered and snorted up £17,000 worth of Cocaine in a forest. Drug dealers discovered the ruined haul. Police heard them complaining about in a telephone conversation.

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NkZb TIL Ireland is the only country in the world that has a lower population today than they did in 1841. Ireland’s population in 1841 was 8.2 million - today it’s population is only 6.4 million. Still showing the long-lasting effects of the Great Famine
W7MRY TIL the US military had plans for the invasion of mainland Japan named Operation Downfall. It was estimated that there would be 500k-4m US casualties and 5-10m Japanese casualties.
5Qm8 TIL that D.A.R.E., the education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, has been deemed “ineffective” repeatedly in multiple studies.
vP64R TIL of Smoky, the tiny four-pound Terrier dog who served and assisted the US in WW2 after being found abandoned in a foxhole in New Guinea , and who later became histories first therapy dog.
WkeX4 TIL of a Russian experiment to domesticate red foxes. As of 2016: 270 tame vixens and 70 tame males. Russian wiki says they started selling them overseas in 2011