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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

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ADdm7 TIL that the heavy metal band Black Sabbath originally started wearing crosses to ward off a curse. After denying an offer to play at Stonehenge, the satanists hosting the event claimed to cast a curse on the band.
EMnX TIL the word “feminism” was created and first used by … a man. Charles Fourier translated the word into English from French in the 1800s to refer to women’s “emancipation”.
6KBW TIL the world’s oldest known creature, a 507 year old clam, was mistakenly killed by scientists.
jNp0j TIL they make power tools for amish people that are powered by compressed air instead of electricity
KO4YQ TIL that one time Queen Elizabeth hazed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia by speedily driving him around narrow Scottish estate roads in a Land Rover. At the time it was still illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia.