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TIL Scientists have never seen baby nautilus eggs in the wild

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6dA8 TIL Young St. Bernard dogs learn how to rescue lost travelers through modeling the behavior of older dogs. They do not receive any special training, and the dogs decide for themselves if they will specialize in staying with the victim or going to seek help.
epWWD Today I learned that Jim Henson wanted to make a live-action remake of Pinocchio in 1985, but Disney rejected the idea.
mdvY TIL that President Roosevelt briefly used a limousine seized from Al Capone because the secret service was concerned that the existing presidential limo wasn’t sufficiently armored.
nWxeW TIL the US Supreme Court ruled in a case brought by Jehovah's Witnesses in 1940 that public schools could compel students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance regardless of religious objections. The ruling was overturned in 1943.
d81ar TIL the largest print photograph ever was created by using an airplane hangar as a pinhole camera. The finished print was more than 3,500 sq. feet