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TIL a species of dandelion was cultivated on a large scale during World War II as an emergency source of rubber

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wm6J TIL that foxes were domesticated in the USSR and Russia using a 45 year breeding process
ZmLQ TIL North Koreans once attended a UN meeting with AK-47s underneath their jackets. Rather than confront them about it, American officers turned up the temperature in the room to make them sweat under their heavy clothes.
p8NLO Today I learned that the term "NSFW" was invented to prevent British school kids from seeing things they are not supposed to be exposed to.
bXJj TIL seat belts don’t make school buses safer, and may not be worth the added cost, according to NHTSA
nevj9 TIL of the 1936 Nazi Board Game "Jews Out" where you move your 'Jews' outside of the city walls to 'collection points' so they can be sent to "Palestine"