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TIL "Alpha" wolves only exist in captive wolf populations

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k0OB TIL that the FCC was largely responsible for the demise of Saturday morning Cartoons
WkkJd TIL In 1961 a B-52 bomber broke up in mid-air and dropped an armed nuclear bomb near the city of Goldsboro, NC. The bomb did not detonate but the recently declassified report said that "one simple, dynamo-technology, low voltage switch stood between the United States and a major catastrophe".
yQ9RM TIL Gene Hackman got sick of Hollywood, and just walked away. He is now semi retired, and occasionally publishes novels. His last role ever? "Welcome To Mooseport".
1aDGd TIL that Norway either has or is planning to merge it's two northern counties, Troms and Finnmark, into a new county, Troms og Finnmark
6EenY TIL about Bill Baxley, elected Atty. Gen. of Alabama at 29 yrs old in 1970. He reopened the 16th St. Church Bombing case and received a threatening letter from Edward R. Fields, Grand Dragon of the KKK. Baxley’s reply was short & sweet: “My response to your letter of Feb. 19, 1976 is - kiss my ass.”