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Russia sent trained dolphins to war in Syria.

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NjbP TIL a cat’s collar bone is not connected to any other bone in its body. The forelimbs are attached to the shoulder by free-floating clavicle bones, which allows them to pass their body through any space into which they can fit their heads,
PGxL TIL that the creator of Legos made a policy of no military sets because he didn’t want war to seem like child’s play.
Oo141 TIL that Joseph Guillotin, who proposed the idea of the guillotine as a less painful method of execution, was born prematurely because his mother was in distress after hearing the screams of a man being tortured to death.
QQME TIL In 1998, a 17 years old worked in the mail room at Interscope Records. One day on his own, he slipped a CD from an unsigned artist into Jimmy Iovine’s listening bag that he used to take home every Friday. And Jimmy actually listened to it, and said “Whoa whoa whoa. What is this?” It was Eminem
4k9WX TIL that in the UK it is illegal to remove any natural materials such as sand, shells and pebbles from a beach.