› added 4 years ago

58

TIL BORTAC is the tactical unit of the United States Border Patrol and is equivalent to SWAT. Members have operated in 28 countries around the world. They've been used as event security for the Super Bowl and to assist in quelling civil unrest in the United States

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oR9LY TIL Pandas survived for at least eight million years. However, it has been proven that the panda has barely evolved in basic structure, meaning that they have had minimal change since the beginning of their time.
EmwV TIL co-founder of the charity Planting Peace purchased a house across the street from Westboro Baptist Church and hired a military veteran to painted it Rainbow.
xV6vo TIL hair salons in the UK have started to include a "quiet chair" for people who don't want to engage in small talk while getting their hair cut.
god8 TIL that King Louis XIX had the shortest reign of any king by abdicating after 20 minutes.
D18vD TIL that The smell of fresh-cut grass is a signal of distress.