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TIL that the US Navy actively trains and deploys WAR DOLPHINS & SEA LIONS

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x0NB TIL that U.S. Marine Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated servicemen in American history, was a staunch critic of U.S. military endeavors, including his his own participation, saying “In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”
ogAo TIL a factory worker saved 34 lives from the 9-story Rana Plaza collapse. Against all warnings, he climbed inside the rubble to pull people to safety. When a doctor was too afraid to go in to amputate the limbs of some that were trapped, the worker took a knife and did it himself to save them.
606Y TIL Hattori Hanzo, the swordmaker in Kill Bill, is named after a real samurai
E10Jw TIL a man named KurtJMac has been walking to the edge of the world in Minecraft since 2011 to raise money for charity. Since he began over 8 years ago, he's helped raise over $400,000. He is about 25% of the way there.
nkxr TIL that Krusty the Clown was originally supposed to be revealed as being Homer Simpson’s secret identity but the writers thought the idea was too complex.