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wLQEP TIL Silver foxes were selectively bred for domestication in the 1950's in order to study evolution. As with dogs, the ears started to droop as physical manifestation of docility, and some even started vocalizing barks as like dogs
ne4yY TIL Belgium and the Netherlands allow euthanasia for severe treatment-resistant mental illnesses.
QJEva TIL that as a result of the great difficulty in communicating and convening for assembly due to a lack of functioning roads, poorly maintained bridges and slow postal delivery, it took two months for George Washington to learn he had won the presidency
EpbW TIL in 1994 toxic fumes from a dying woman’s blood caused an ER to be entirely evacuated, with 23 of the 37 staff sick, 5 of whom were hospitalized themselves, one in intensive care for two weeks.
rRYwx TIL there is a living person still collecting a pension for Civil War service, though the war ended over 150 years ago.