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TIL that some stray dogs in Moscow have mastered its complex subway system. They get on and off at regular stops. They also know how to deal with the Metro’s crowds and loud noises, distractions that domesticated dogs can’t often handle.

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504B TIL With a permanent population of less than one million people, Qatar hires migrant workers to fill their empty stadiums in the Qatar Stars League, paying them one dollar an hour to “sit in the stadiums and pretend to have fun”.
PeNJ TIL the NCAA once said “post-season bowls had no place in college football “because they serve no sound educational ends, and such promotions merely trade upon intercollegiate football for commercial purposes.”
Vb9m TIL Navy Chief Warrant Officer John Walker began spying for the Soviets in 1968 when he walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., sold a top secret document for several thousand dollars, and negotiated an ongoing salary of $500 to $1,000 a week
grjky Today I Learned that In 6th-century BCE Acragas(modern Agrigento, Sicily), Perilaus of Athens created the Brazen Bull, a torture device for tyrant Phalaris. Disgusted, Phalaris trapped him inside, roasting him alive. Removed before death, Perilaus was then thrown off a cliff.
PYQdZ TIL: In the 70s, on their oral entrance exams to Moscow State University, special 'killer' problems were given to Jews and other “undesirables" to ensure they failed. These problems have simple solutions that are very difficult to find. Simple solutions protected the administration from scandals.