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TIL that 5,500 unexploded bombs from WWII are discovered in Germany each year

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W7p59 TIL the Australian Navy formally enlisted a six-year-old girl in order to give her medical treatment onboard a navy ship; regulations did not allow for civilians to get medical treatment on navy ships. The girl's official rating was 'mascot', and she was 'discharged' after 8 days of 'service'.
XERxk TIL: Godzilla has the most number of sequels of any movie with 29 sequels
Ooyog TIL, spiked dog collars were once used to protect shepherding dogs from wolf attacks. Wolves would first go for the throat.
X0jdX TIL that there is a surge of vasectomies in March so the recovery time will sync up with March Madness
LJR9 TIL: After investigating a possible hack into the Verizon infrastructure, they found that one of their developers had outsourced his job to a Chinese development firm. The firm did such an outstanding job that the developer was widely considered the best developer at Verizon.