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TIL there is a group of dog breeders attempting to bring back the look of the dire wolf

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6MJ7 TIL that the original plan for the May 15 Incident, an attempted coup d'état in Japan in 1932, was to assassinate Charlie Chaplin to facilitate war with the US. When the prime minister was killed, Chaplin was with the prime minister’s son watching a sumo wrestling match, which saved their lives.
VrwD TIL of 3 men whom broke into a luxury store in Germany and ran off with $6.8M worth of jewelry. They left behind a piece of evidence, sweat. DNA analysis led to not one but two suspects- identical twins. They couldn’t determine from which one. They went free.
09Jv TIL Scientists devise test to find out if we are living in ‘The Matrix’
wLNe1 TIL: Street food in Vietnam is so available, fast and cheap that international fast food chains like McDonald’s flopped after entering
LQgBP TIL of Harvester, a 1996 video game known to be one of the most violent and disturbing video games made, with Germany even banning it. Developed in 1994, it was released two years later due to how long it took to code the game.