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TIL Pluto, by law, is still a planet in New Mexico whenever it passes over the state.

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5YgE9 TIL that the US Navy has been training dolphins to carry out military tasks such as locating underwater mines and flagging enemy swimmers since the 1960's
jxaR TIL In 2013, you can re-use calendars from these years: 2002, 1991, 1985, 1974, 1963, 1957, 1946, 1935, 1929, and 1918.
m9Ly TIL a suburb of Sydney, Australia installed loudspeakers at a “trouble spot” in a car park to drive away the hooligans by playing Barry Manilow songs.
Z8KMv TIL that the Uncompahgre Ute Native American tribe made special ceremonial rattles filled with quartz that would emit flashes of light when shaken. This was an early example of triboluminescence.
Kr4a TIL that term “robotics” was accidentally coined by science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941.