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TIL At one point Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' and Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' were being serialized in the same Russian magazine

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1ZnV TIL that a man in Nebraska is breeding red cows and sending them to Israel in hopes of a pure red heifer being born there; such an event will allegedly prompt Jews to build a Third Temple, which fundamentalist Christians believe will usher in Jesus’ Second Coming.
p8MEA TIL That for good luck, cosmonauts pee on the wheel of the van that transports them to their space launch vehicle. A tradition that was started by Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.
BrKLK TIL a study in the UK in 2015 found that a cats personality is linked to it's colourings, with black and white cats being the most aggressive, and tortiseshell and white cats being the most antisocial.
G9gE TIL that over a period of 55 years Virginia forced the sterilization of thousands of people; it was so successful the nazis modeled their programs after it, and used it as a defense in the Nuremburg trials
epgrL TIL: There was a funded scientific study on how watching anime affected IQ and human behavior among teens and young adults. It is shown that, on average Anime viewers score higher on IQ tests and general knowledge than non viewers. However, half of anime viewers have a diminished social life.