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TIL the USA spent $14mill researching marine mammals as weapons in 2017 (e.g. dolphins and sea lions)

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Pr8G TIL for a Make A Wish request, Journey visited a boy suffering from cystic fibrosis. They let him be the first person outside of the band hear the song, Only the Young. The next day the boy died.
KNLR TIL knife manufacturer, Victorinox, claims never to have had to lay off an employee. To avoid this they set aside profits during boom periods to supplement recessionary periods, as well as temporarily contracting employees to other companies as outsourced labour during recessions.
X067Q TIL the moon is always the same size in the sky, it just looks bigger when lower because we compare it to buildings and other features
AO1g TIL a third of the population is infected with a parasite that may cause subtle behavioral and personality changes.
QNnMp TIL that Morton, Illinois is known as “Pumpkin Capital of the World” since 85% of percent of the world's canned pumpkin is processed at the Libby’s plant in Morton.