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TIL that Russia trained dolphins how to kill people with harpoons and to undertake kamikaze strikes against enemies. They then sold them to Iran after running out of dolphin food

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wLRDP TIL that California's Stanislaus county, river, & forest are named after Estanislao, a Yokut tribal leader who rebelled against colonial rule and fought the Spanish & later Mexican armies to a stalemate. He was also known to carve an S into buildings during his raids.
8awKP TIL the nation of Bhutan uses Gross National Happiness (GNH) as their population’s development indicator rather than Gross Domestic Product. The concept is designed to encourage people to take more open approaches to progressive mindsets and personal wellbeing.
rg0W TIL of Venus Ramey, tobacco farmer and Miss America 1944, who at age 82 confronted two thieves with a .38 then shot out their tires when they tried to escape
Ykkr TIL that if you click “I’m Feeling Lucky” in Google, with no text on the search bar, you can see every single variation of the Google logo through the years.
eVYL TIL: A man submitted a patent in 1979 that almost perfectly resembles an iPod. He even went as far as predicting a need for DRM and a way to distribute the music.