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TIL "Alpha" wolves only exist in captive wolf populations

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M7DvV TIL that after Colonel Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers
gOPW TIL Wolfram Alpha creator received his PhD on theoretical physics at the age of 20
WkOx9 TIL there's an engineer, in the woods near Portland Oregon, who lives in an old Boeing 727 since 1999
nM1W TIL that Germany during WW2 dropped on Britain propaganda leaflets showing Churchill carrying a machine gun, calling him a “gangster” who encouraged murder. The leaflets stopped when the Nazis realized that they made the prime minister more popular in the UK.
Yvgx TIL when Catholics were persecuted in England in the 1500s, priests holding secret masses would hide from search parties in “priest holes,” secret chambers within the house. As searches could last week, sometimes the priests starved or asphyxiated.