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TIL that Kalmykia, a republic of Russia, is the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe.

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VBjlD TIL that FDR may have not had polio, but rather Guillain–Barré syndrome. Guillain–Barré was not widely understood as a distinct disease until after FDR’s death.
VMOv8 TIL that between 1764-1767, a man-eating animal/group of animals terrorized a province in central France. The number of victims differs greatly, from 60 to over a 100. The beast was allegedly shot and killed in 1767. Modern scholars believe the attacks were carried out by wolves.
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