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Fact: Wolves in the Americas are less likely to attack humans than elsewhere in the world.

There are very few verifiable records of wolf attacks in the US and Canada, but in Europe and Asia, wolves are far nastier. Historical accounts indicate over 3,000 people killed in France between 1580-1830. In the Middle Ages throughout Europe, special structures were built along highways for travelers to take refuge from roving packs. The wolves of India and Russia are also particularly well known to claim human victims. During World War I, soldiers from the Allied and Central Forces were occasionally forced to join forces fighting off starving wolves attracted by the scent of blood on the battlefield.

10 Bizarre Product Recalls

BY: Mike Devlin 

These days, toys have been sanitized to the point of complete blandness, but 40 years ago, the toy store was like the wild West.

It was stocked with rifles, chemistry sets packed with uranium samples, and blowguns, all painted with toxic lead paint. Unsafe products for adults abounded, too—automobiles were death traps with little to no regulations. All of that changed in the…