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TIL: After WWII, the Russians used 17 different dog breeds to create the “supreme military dog” - and it looks like a giant fluffy poodle

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Bgrbk TIL In the past people used to feed opium to calm down crying babies.
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NoMP TIL in 1965 a young American tourist illegally crossed the Norwegian-Soviet border, walked up to a Soviet border post and demanded the guards stamp his passport. He was arrested, sentenced to a detention camp and died on the train there.
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