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TIL There is 'Windows for submarines™', and it's still being used

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dDL1B TIL During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy developed a secret program to train dolphins and sea lions for military purposes, including mine detection, enemy detection, recovering equipment and guard against enemy divers.
OoOD1 TIL That the Maya civilization used chocolate as money. Chocolate—in the form of fermented and dried cacao beans—was "almost certainly" a key Maya currency. Running out of it may have played a role in their downfall.
Wkm8 TIL that Japan has aged so much that adult diapers now outsell children’s diapers.
oRrxR TIL a company sells a mattress for $315,000 USD
l7Ov1 TIL a deep-space supernova or sun-flare expelling cosmic rays and charged particles may have caused a 2003 Belgium miscounted election by bit flipping an election machine and causing a candidate to receive an extra 4096 votes