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TIL that a common Finnish joke when the Soviets invaded was "they are so many and we are so small where shall we find room to bury them all?"

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dGZ7 TIL that soviet scientists have been genetically breeding a species of fox since the 1950’s and have created the only known tame species of fox in the world in just over 50 years
BraWy TIL New York, London, and Paris have fake buildings on residential streets that hide subway vents and other infrastructure. These are essentially facades with no building behind them.
jNXKn TIL wolves were historically a major threat in Europe, responsible for thousands of recorded killings. It is thought that the abundance of corpses due to Plague may have altered their behavior, causing them to actively seek humans as prey up until the 1700s. Hence the trope of the man-eating wolf.
bNn4 TIL: There is a program called No One Dies Alone (NODA) that pairs volunteers with terminally ill patients who have no companions or family to be with them in their final days
YJKd TIL that influential blues musician Lead Belly was released early from prison after killing a man due to the fact that his music impressed the Louisiana governor so much.