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TIL Russian cruise missiles form p2p networks, hunt in packs and elect an Alpha to lead them. Oh and they’re 40 years old and still in use.

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Are7 TIL that domestic cats are responsible for the extinction or near extinction of dozens of species.
1ErP TIL of Kim Gwang Suk, a North Korean gymnast who competed at the Barcelona Olympics; her age was given as 17, but she was missing her front teeth and may have been as young as 10. Aside from an Olympic torch relay, her subsequent life and whereabouts are unknown.
m1NyE TIL That the popular sugary Chex snack was called "puppy chow" BEFORE it was called Muddy Buddies. It was started in the midwest and called puppy chow for its resemblance to dog treats. Chex cereal caught on to the popularity and printed an "official" recipe on the back of Chex cereal boxes.
eonn TIL that Frederick the Great, one of Prussia’s greatest monarchs, who ruled for 46 years, was forced to watch the decapitation of what was likely his gay lover, Hans Hermann von Katte when he was 18.
j6GOv TIL of a second-century Roman senator with thirty-eight names.