› added 7 months ago

24

TIL that the U.S. uses trained Bottlenose dolphins to find mines underwater. The dolphins use their highly evolved biosonar to discover these hard-to-find mines.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

woAkP TIL that in 1992, British actor Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean) and singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden released "(I Want to Be) Elected," a cover of Alice Cooper's single "Elected," in support of the British charity Comic Relief.
lBWN TIL Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Baker was gravely wounded and had his comrades leave him behind, propped up against a tree with a pistol that had 8 bullets remaining. Later they found his body next to the tree, surrounded by 8 dead Japanese soldiers
OoNlg TIL the United States Postal Inspection Service has it's own Wall Of Honor for fallen officers located in the Smithsonian Postal Museum, DC
XEjx8 TIL a strawberry on average, has 200 seeds on its surface
DQaPY TIL - English physician William Harvey was a prominent skeptic regarding allegations of witchcraft. He was one of the examiners of four women from Lancashire accused of witchcraft in 1634, and as a consequence of his report, all of them were acquitted.