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TIL that the US Navy has been training dolphins to carry out military tasks such as locating underwater mines and flagging enemy swimmers since the 1960's

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YRGr TIL that ZzzQuil and other sleep aids are actually Benadryl in liquid form
vLZj TIL the Baobab tree is hollow and provides life for animals and humans in parched lands
Lad9 TIL Cold fusion is still being researched, but the researchers currently working in the field complain of a chronic lack of funding and fear of being ridiculed by their colleagues
Mep4K TIL there is a shortage in chemotherapy treatment medications across the USA due to the slim profit margins that medical companies make from them.
YpmV7 TIL That more than 60% of Japanese couples choose a Christian style wedding while less than 1% of Japanese residents are Christian, leading to the creed: “Born Shinto, live nonreligious, wed Christian and die Buddhist.”