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TIL that ancient Jōmon people in Japan buried their hunting dogs in shell middens around 9,000 yrs ago, placing each dog alone in arranged, curled-up “sleeping” postures much like humans were buried; strong evidence that they were valued hunting companions, not just animals.

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TIL that ancient Jōmon people in Japan buried their hunting dogs in shell middens around 9,000 yrs ago, placing each dog alone in arranged, curled-up “sleeping” postures much like humans were buried; strong evidence that they were valued hunting companions, not just animals.

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TIL that for about four months, the most valuable sports card in history was a Mike Trout rookie card, sold for $3.9M in 2020. Prior to that sale, Honus Wagner’s iconic T206 had been considered the most valuable card since at least 1933. The record is now held by a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle ($12.6M).

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TIL about the Volkssturm, Nazi Germany’s last-ditch army that conscripted men 16-60 who weren’t already serving. As the situation got desperate in 1944-45, women and disabled WWI veterans were conscripted, armed with outdated and improvised weaponry, uniformed in just an armband and sent to Berlin.

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