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TIL The Shiba Inu breed of dogs almost went extinct during World War II

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epBVk TIL general anesthesia works in single celled microbes
ANL57 TIL that in 1976, 3 men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren with the goal of ransoming them back for 5 million dollars. They tried to place the ransom call, but the line was busy, and they ended up falling asleep. By the time they woke up, the children had freed themselves and made it to safety.
ADWrw TIL that the Mossad simply means "the institute" in Hebrew. The full name of the Israeli intelligence service is the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, which is shortened to the "Institute".
XEXPE TIL Stevie Ray Vaughan's signature '59 Stratocaster, Number One, aka "The Wife" was originally owned by Christopher Cross who traded it to a local music store because he wanted a guitar with a "beefier" sound.
NaNP TIL that Buffalo Commons is a conceptual proposal to create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles of the Great Plains to native prairie, and by reintroducing the American bison.