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TIL that a 1,000 year old “fish trap” made of stones was found off the British coast with Google Maps

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N7BWe TIL During World War 2, M&Ms were exclusively sold to the US military so soldiers could have chocolate in their rations in tropical climates
X0EAP TIL the first person to discover the effects of LSD took it by accident, and took it a second time to confirm the cause of the hallucinations
awY0A TIL of Sombra, drug detection dog of the Colombian Nat'l Police. She's led to over 200 arrests & seizure of at least 9 tons of illicit drugs. Police upped security for Sombra after the cartel Los Urabeños (aka Gulf Clan) put a bounty on her head. Reports on price for her murder varied from $7K-$70K.
YWld TIL Anderson Cooper spent two summers as an intern at the CIA
0gMM TIL that a tribe once surrendered to Julius Caesar, only to launch an attack later on. As punishment for the deceit, he sold the entire surviving population of about 53,000 people into slavery.