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TIL there was a Call of Duty game for the PS2

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PYvdZ TIL that John allen chau, christian missionary who famously was killed by the north sentinelese in India in 2018,tried to communicate with them in the xhosa Language(a south african language!), after which the natives often fell silent.
epdak TIL that the French Navy has trained dolphins to detect underwater mines and enemy divers since the 1960s. The French Navy’s Marine Mammal Program involves training dolphins for underwater detection tasks, similar to the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal Program.
OGlY1 TIL Americans pronounce the word “interesting” with four syllables, unlike the three in my country
KOdA4 TIL that if you have at least one grandparent that was born in Ireland then you're eligible for Irish citizenship
rRK40 TIL The earliest known life-forms on Earth are fossilised micro-organisms, found in hydrothermal vent precipitates (holes in the sea floor). They date to between 3.77 billion and 4.28 billion years ago.