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TIL There’s a Christian Furry community

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ZWBD TIL that in 1942 a Finnish sound engineer secretly recorded 11 minutes of a candid conversation between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Defence Chief Gustaf Mannerheim before being caught by the SS. It is the only known recording of Hitler’s normal speaking voice. (11 min, english translation)
Lkpvr TIL that for 2-syllable heteronyms (in English) that have 1 noun meaning and 1 verb meaning, there exist a pattern where the noun is 1st syllable stressed and the verb is 2nd syllable stressed, e.g Present, Record, Contract, Project, Insult
wLW16 TIL the NFL hosted the "Playoff Bowl" from 1960-1969 for determining third place in the league between the two teams that did not make the NFL Championship game.
OGjXX TIL that Kale, Broccoli, Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage, Purple Cabbage, Cauliflower and many others are not different species of plant, but "breeds" of the same species Brassica oleracea, the same way a chihuahua and a poodle are both dogs
EoYW TIL the idea of a wolfpack being dominated by an aggressive “alpha” is misunderstood. Packs are family units, and the alphas are simply the parents of the other wolves.