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TIL that during the Vietnam War (1960), the US military formed a unique partnership with dolphins and sea lions, training them to detect underwater mines and enemy divers.

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Eg19o TIL Dr. Seuss's first book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was rejected by 27 publishers. He decided to destroy the book but randomly bumped into an old friend who'd just become a children's book editor, who asked to look at it and ended up publishing it.
yrrp TIL that during prohibition, an exemption was made for whiskey prescribed by a doctor and sold through a pharmacy. The Walgreens pharmacy chain grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400 during this period, from 1920 to 1933.
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