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TIL Pavlov’s dogs were eaten during the Siege of Leningrad

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0JL5 TIL that when a Russian mobster asked a friend in government if it was possible to buy a military submarine he was asked “with missiles or without missiles?”
XLMX TIL of the extinct American Lion that used to range all over the U.S. and into South America and was about 25% larger than today’s African Lion.
ga59 TIL differences in camera lenses can cause people to be more or less photogenic in pictures.
KB1G TIL A mans booby trapped farmhouse resulted in a burglar’s legs being shot with a shotgun. The burglar sued him and won. Later, when asked if he would do anything different, the man stated “I’d have aimed that gun a few feet higher”
d80aZ TIL that Isreali Labor Party delayed their elections because of a Britney Spears concert as they feared that party members would rather go to a concert than find a polling station and vote