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** Stalin was also highly pragmatic in his treatment of Christians and other religious people in the Soviet Union. Due to his Communist beliefs, Stalin brutally suppressed religious institutions. These institutions were viewed as greedy and corrupt by the laity, so their destruction did not greatly anger them. However, Stalin knew that antagonizing all Christians, which were a huge part of the Russian population, would be a waste of time and resources. This resulted in lay Christians being left alone. Stalin also revived the Russian church in order to stir up support for the war against the Nazis.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrvu7P1Sp24 In this video] a lion saves a baby rhinoceros from getting eaten by hyenas...because he wanted the hyenas to get away from a carcass.
* One of the wackiest versions of this, This Troper read(he forgets where)was a Japanese Army officer in [[World War II]] who learned of one of those stupid "The Jews are going to [[Take Over the World]] [[Conspiracy Theories]], believed every word of it. And befriended the Jews on the grounds of,[[Fridge Brilliance|"Those must be great guys to cozy up too."
 
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