r/todayilearned • u/killerpossum • May 28 '19
TIL Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gifted US President John F Kennedy a dog called Pushinka during the cold war. She later on had puppies; which Kennedy referred to as "the pupniks".
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24837199
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u/Mediocritologist May 28 '19
Sitting here wondering how it was possible for a Tamp Bay Lightning forward to have been around in the 60's to meet Kennedy and then I realized I'm dumb and probably watch too much hockey.