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TIL that the stylised haircuts given to poodles began centuries ago in order to aid them in their water buoyancy while doing water retrieval tasks.

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GYGj7 TIL: In early medieval Europe there were no witch trials. Christian churches taught that magic was not real and belief in its existence was superstition and heresy. Only in the early Renaissance did belief in witchcraft’s actual existence spread widely in Europe, and witch trials began.
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