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TIL that Sweden has raccoon dogs

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LkwvP TIL that Vincent Van Gogh was named after his dead older brother, who died in infancy exactly a year before he was born. It’s been suggested that being given the same name might have had a deep psychological impact on him and influenced his art.
jNeDQ TIL, in the 1990s, USAF Developed MARAUDER, a Plasma Toroid Rail Gun That Theoretically Could Fire Plasma Projectiles at 10,000 km/s, 3% the Speed of Light. In the Mid-1990s Results Were Classified Due its Success.
1aNjW TIL in 1941 German state, military and Nazi Party officials created a plan known as the Hunger Plan to seize food from the USSR to feed the German military and population. It was agreed that as a result tens of millions of Soviet citizens would starve to death within the first year of occupation.
w0vo TIL bananas have more trade regulations than AK-47s
E1llw TIL that a few months into the Flint Water Crisis, GM's truck assembly plant stopped using municipal tap water for production because it was corroding engine components