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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

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69DPZ TIL about epaulette sharks, who can walk on land and survive for hours with little or no oxygen from their gills. They are well camouflaged apex predators that live in the waters (and sometimes land) near Australia.
R7XZ8 TIL that the reason many Hanna Barbera characters had collars and ties was to save money on animation. Separating the head and body allows the body to remain static while the head is animated. This made it so a seven minute cartoon only required around 2,000 drawings, as opposed to the usual 14,000
xK57 TIL that there is a single book in a wooden box on the highest free-standing mountain in the world (Mt. Kilimanjaro) that has the thoughts of “nearly every climber who has summitted its Uhuru Peak.”
4kRG6 TIL that The Hershey company (chocolates) and The Hershey Creamery Company (ice-crea) are not related, though both were founded in Lancaster County, PA in 1894 by men whose surnames were Hershey and who were not related to each other. The two companies have had bitter trademark disputes for decades.
XEWQr TIL the phrase “revenge is a dish best served cold” expresses the sentiment that revenge that is delayed, and executed well after the heat of anger has dissipated, is more satisfying than revenge taken as an immediate act of rage.