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TIL In 2021, a US drone strike mistakenly targeted a man delivering water for a California-based nonprofit

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mxbXR TIL Non-profit Dog is my CoPilot has shuttled over 15,000 animals from high shelter population areas to adoption centers throughout the US.
a8kb9 TIL that the Marine Band consists of experienced musicians who are enlisted as Marines after auditioning. They are the only members of the armed forces who do not undergo boot camp.
wxPW Today I learned that the Appalachian Mountains are thought to be the oldest in the entire world. They also hold the 2nd oldest river, the New River.
xV8vb TIL: The song "Runaway Train" by the band Soul Asylum before the age of the internet and social media helped find over 25 missing people by featuring pictures of them throughout the music video.
JvK8 TIL that Chinese authorities have created the world’s first mobile phone walking lane for pedestrians addicted to texting.