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TIL Dolphins have two stomachs.

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7rgMX TIL During World War 2, an edible explosive was created under the code name “Aunt Jemima”-it was a mixture of flour and the powdery explosive HMX. It could pass for flour and even be used in cooking. It was smuggled by Chinese guerrillas to bypass Japanese checkpoints.
NYme TIL that in 1993, an Indian airplane was hijacked at forced to land in Amritsar. Indian army Commandos then conducted an operation which killed 3 hijackers within 12 seconds, without any civilian casualties
wBLo TIL a U.S. court of law ruled that burritos are not a form of sandwich.
p8wNN TIL that snow and ice are only slippery because of a 4 molecule thick layer of water that is always present at the surface down to as cold as -30C; below -30C it becomes a true solid and skating and skiing are extremely difficult
N7WV8 TIL despite what the song American song, "Home, home on the range" says, antelope do not occur in the Americas