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v1vgR TIL there was once a wild wolf that routinely visited residents of an Alaskan suburb so he could play with the domesticated dogs. The locals named the wild wolf Romeo and the relationship lasted 6 years.
0wyD1 TIL after objections from National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the submarine SSN-705 was renamed USS City Of Corpus Christi to better reflect the ship honoring the city in Texas as opposed to the Body of Christ.
7rajx TIL that up until the late 1960s, all 250,000 bagels made daily in NYC were handmade by just 350 artisans who were members of the NYC Bagel Union
E1XDp TIL that the treasure hunting company, Odyssey, discovered the ship wreck of the HMS Sussex (1694) which had up to $500 million worth of gold on board in 2001. Despite a deal with the British government retrieve the loot, Spain refuses to let a team survey the site to this this day.
8ayob TIL about body snatchers aka "resurrection men", paid men that were ought to do grave-robbing. These men provided a number of schools with cadavers, and members of the schools would use influence to keep these men out of jail. People (alive) used Railings to protect graves from body snatchers.