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TIL alpha/beta wolves don’t exist in the wild, a misconception due to observing those raised in captivity

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R7GpQ TIL: A hedge fund has 35 days to close out a "failure to deliver" on a short sale.
6EXm7 TIL that a man and two of his fellow inmates were held in solitary confinement for almost 44 years because a Georgia prison framed them for murder after the inmates tried to expose cruel practices within the prison
d1EZ TIL of the Steller’s sea cow. At up to thirty feet long, it was one of the largest mammals to have ever lived. It was famous among sailors because its meat was reportedly delicious and lasted for months without spoiling. Within twenty seven years of its discovery, it was hunted to extinction.
o9e8 TIL that the memory used in the Apollo spacecraft’s computer was based on weaving thin copper wires around magnetic doughnuts. Half a mile of wire gave them 65 kBits of information.
0oxA TIL the creators of Cards Against Humanity bought an island in Maine and named it Hawaii 2