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TIL the USSR tried to domesticate moose for use in a Communist cavalry.

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70M TIL that the Ancient Olympic games were competed in the nude and were cancelled due to Christians viewing it as a Pagan festival
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gMyX7 TIL in 2001, two Japan Airlines aircraft carrying a total of 677 people were sent on a collision course by a trainee controller and his supervisor. The two planes only took evasive action after visually spotting each other, narrowly avoiding collision by 135 meters (443 feet).
mNjv TIL that up until very recently, the royal family of England did not carry cash. Prince William is the first to do so after having to borrow from Kate Middleton at a grocery store
W1XX TIL that gray whales mating ritual involves a third “male escort” whale courting the female. Although the male escort equally vies for her attention, there is absolutely no aggression between the males. The birthing ritual, on the other hand, involves a second female whale assisting the mother.