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TIL watermelons originated in Africa and were first cultivated solely for their water content; their flavor was very bitter.

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Bg6Rd TIL that during World War II, the British Royal Navy used specially trained dolphins to detect underwater mines and enemy submarines.
nGKB TIL A 16 year old attempted to prank gang members stating “are you ready to dye” before pulling out a bottle of Clairol hair dye. Before the bottle could be pulled out, one of the gang members shot the 16 year old multiple times in the head.
loW4r TIL that in 1866, the small European country of Liechtenstein sent a force of 80 men into a war. They fought no battles, and when they returned, they were 81 strong because an Italian had joined them to escape the war zone.
PYleZ TIL The ancient Greeks had known the world is round since Pythagoras, and successfully calculated the circumference of the globe when Eratosthenes measued the angles of the mid-day sun between two towns of a known distance. His calculation had only about a 10% margin of error.
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