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TIL: The US military would spray experimental missiles with shark oil so they could recover any debris with the help of sniffer dogs trained to follow the shark scent.

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4kRww TIL A couple bought a home in an Edmonton suburb in 1974 after hearing talk about a potential train line from their realtor. The 13km light rail connecting their community to downtown in 30 minutes finally opened in 2023
gM9JX TIL Socrates thought that the invention of writing would negatively affect peoples' memory, since people could just write things down instead of having to remember them.
ADxWa TIL of the Mingun Bell, the heaviest functioning bell in the world until 2000.
dDmXK TIL that in the 19th century, a morphine-containing syrup was marketed as a solution for: baby teething , constipation, bad breath, and dirty teeth. It was not withdrawn from sale until 1930.
0bKM TIL that the Sonic game Shadow The Hedgehog contains profanity, allows Shadow to use assault rifles, and the options to attempt to assassinate the president and aid terrorists in detonating bombs in a major city.