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TIL that during World War II, the British Royal Navy used specially trained dolphins to detect underwater mines and enemy submarines.

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E1dQX TIL that Abraham Lincoln refused to carry a knife, because he suffered from depression, and feared he would harm himself
KYJbG TIL of Operation Blackcock, an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands and Heinsberg in Germany during the fighting on the Western Front in the Second World War.
yQp5X TIL "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was first published in Japan because U.S. printers could not afford the holes and irregular pages.
Brj0W TIL of earthquake lights. Flashes of lights reported before earthquakes throughout history, only relatively recently photographed and seriously investigated.
4kEyb TIL that since Brazil could not afford to send a team to the 1932 Olympics, they sent the athletes on a ship full of coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their journey.