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TIL in 1962 a bear was ejected from a B-58 jet bomber at 870 mph to test whether humans could survive supersonic ejections. The bear then floated down via parachute from 35,000 feet over the course of 7 minutes, where it landed unharmed.

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MeRMK TIL Casualty or ‘Mercy’ dogs were vital in World War One. They carried supplies so wounded soldiers could help themselves to supplies and tend to their own wounds, whilst other more gravely wounded soldiers would seek the company of a Mercy dog to wait with them whilst they died.
Z8rl4 TIL about Dulmial a village in Pakistan, known as the “village with the gun” and “Hometown of gunners” which provided 460 soldiers to the British forces in WWI the largest participation of any village in South Asia. It was awarded with a canon in recognition to its WWI contributions by the British.
oRJXr TIL that small black holes are more violent than supermassive ones: the tidal forces at the event horizon gets substantially weaker the larger the black hole—you can theoretically survive a trip beyond the point of no return without being crushed
N7RaP TIL that many birds do not breed very well in small flocks and that Zoos use mirrors to help increase reproduction.
OoR9Y TIL that the world’s oldest drawing is a Stone Age crayon doodle drawn on rock in a South African cave dated at 73,000 years old. The drawing is a four-centimeter-long pebble criss-crossed with nine lines. The lines appear to have been drawn with an ochre crayon, a type of clay rich in iron oxide.