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TIL the U.S. military uses bees to find landmines

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4kODb TIL that from 2009 to 2019, out of 212 cruise ship overboard incidents only 48 people were rescued.
WZw4 TIL that The Ben Franklin effect is a proposed psychological phenomenon stating that when we do a person a favor, we tend to like them more as a result. This is because we justify our actions to ourselves that we did them a favor because we liked them.
OGG5R TIL about The Confess Project, a non-profit which trains barbers to be mental health advocates for black men. Normalizing discussions of mental health within a community heavy on MH stigma.
D1eyg TIL free services like Craigslist have decimated the classified advertising departments of newspapers, some of which depended on classifieds for 70% of their ad revenue. Research has shown that Craigslist cost the newspaper industry $5.4 billion from 2000-2007.
5Vr6Q TIL about ‘play sneezing’, a behavior exhibited by dogs to signal that their behavior is playful and that they’re enjoying themselves.