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TIL that during World War One conditions on the Eastern Front got so bad that wolves would start attacking groups of soldiers leading to a temporary truce between Germans and Russians so they could deal with the wolves attacking them.

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78oVp TIL that John Mayer has a "SRV" tattoo on his arm for Stevie Ray Vaughn that is actually "SRU" because Stevie's guitar tech accidentally placed a letter U instead of a V on Stevie's guitar.
0wNvp TIL of Carl McCunn, a wildlife photographer who arranged to be flown out to remote Alaskan wilderness but forgot to schedule when he'd be picked up. He wrote of a plane spotting him stranded, in his excitement he accidentally gave the pilot an "All is well" signal, his diary was found with his body
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0g9y TIL Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for the last 44 years, doesn’t read the script before she edits one of Martin Scorsese’s movies. This is done so she will have “a cold and objective point of view.” She has edited every one of Scorsese’s movies since “Raging Bull.” (item #23)