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TIL: Mitsubishi motors was founded by a samurai.

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POmO TIL the declassified SR-71 pilot’s manual states that it can cruise above mach 3.4… climbs faster than mach 3… and weighs a mind blowing “143,000 lbs”…more than the German King Tiger tank. It first flew in 1962 and is also the first stealth aircraft.
eyVL TIL that Ben & Jerry’s created the first chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
a8nDb TIL of the Wild Dolphin Project & of its founder Dr Denise Herzing. For the last 35 years they have been studying & learning how to communicate with wild dolphins. She describes in one of her books how a group of dolphins sensed the death of a passenger on her boat & escorted the boat back to shore.
pYrGA TIL wasps can be trained to detect bombs.
9YjyX TIL that Victoria, Princess Royal attempted to import English style gardens to Prussia, her husband's country, which prompted an "Anglo-Prussian garden war" where the Royal Court fought against Victoria's changes, preferring the Italianate garden style