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TIL that the Ukrainian Navy had Dolphins equipped with Pistols on their heads.

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JYlXv TIL Village of Skjolden [Luster Municipality] w/ 100+ residents is the endpoint of Sognefjord, the longest & deepest fjord in Norway [100 km stretch & 1300 m deep]. Skjolden is also the entry point on a long trek to Jotunheimen National Park , w/ the tallest mountain [Galdhoppigen] in Scandinavia
e9PL TIL Glass has been recycled for almost 3,000 years. It never wears out as a raw material. Just one recycled clear glass bottle saves enough energy from the manufacturing process to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
Zra4 TIL that the “Great Pyramid” was constructed using approx. 2.3 million stones, each weighing between 2.5-15 tons. In order to finish the “Great Pyramid” in 23 years, the workers would have to set a block every 2.5 minutes, every day of the week for 23 years using no wheels, pulleys or work animals.
xM47 TIL that during a meeting of the Roman Senate, Cato accused Caesar of reading personal notes while the Senate was in session. When Caesar let Cato read the notes, he was shocked to see that they were love notes from Caesar’s mistress, or Cato’s half-sister.
QNGGa TIL about the "Infernal Machine", a 25-barreled gun that the Corsican revolutionary Giuseppe Fieschi tried to assassinate King Louis Phillippe I with in 1835. The device killed 18 people in a single volley and injured 22 (as well as Fieschi himself), but only mildly grazed the King.