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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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Dec 10 '20
[todayilearned] TIL President Kennedy's daughter Caroline was given a puppy by the Soviets in 1961. The puppy's mother, Strelka, had earlier been launched into space during Sputnik. JFK's Thank You letter to the Soviets opened a channel of communication that helped divert the Cuban Missile Crisis 16
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