TIL that the Soviet Union attempted to domesticate moose for use in a cavalry.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/06/21/the_ussr_s_moose_domestication_projects_yield_mixed_results.html



Submitted January 27, 2015 at 09:38PM by deadowl http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tung6/til_that_the_soviet_union_attempted_to/