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TIL that through 50 years of experimentation investigating the domestication of wolves, scientists in the USSR (and later Russia) successfully domesticated the Silver Fox, a breed of foxes that behave like dogs

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v1wQR TIL a positive THC screen is associated with significantly decreased mortality in adult patients sustaining TBI (traumatic brain injury).
Ylav TIL of Junaluska, a Cherokee leader who saved Andrew Jackson’s life. Jackson later sent the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears from NC to OK, which killed up to 1/3 of them en route. Junaluska survived, escaped twice, walked hundreds of mountainous miles home, and lived well into old age as a Chief.
VMDx0 TIL that Terry Pratchett was a Skyrim and Oblivion modder
RA97 TIL of John Leray, a French Mathematician who concealed his proficiency with differential equations to avoid working for the Nazis. While in a POW camp, he developed sheaves, sheaf cohomology, and spectral sequences which are important tools for modern Algebraic Geometry
PYdbG TIL: Motorists using a phone while driving will receive 6 points on their licence and a £200 fine.