When the pack kills an animal, the alpha pair always eats first. As food supply is often irregular for wolves, they will eat up to 1/5th of their own body weight at a time to make up for days of missed food.

The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people.

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.

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