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TIL wasps can be trained to detect bombs.

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7PGr TIL Slinkys were used in the Vietnam war as mobile radio antennas. They would sling the Slinky over branches and extend the range of their radios
e0rOE TIL Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space. She also was a doctor in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, started her own business, writes children’s books, has produced and directed modern dance plays, and was also in a few episodes of Star Trek.
KO4D4 TIL The first road vehicle to go over 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) it was a Belgian electric vehicle. Camille Jenatzy accomplished this feat in a car he designed himself, "La Jamais contente" (Never Satisfied), set a road speed record of 105.88 km/h on 29 April 1899, in Achères.
XEZKX TIL there's a mock religion called Discordianism. Its main deity is Eris (goddess of discord, of course) and it even has a calendar. A Discordian believes there is no distinction between disorder and chaos.
gMAmX TIL Alexander the Great held Cyrus in such high esteem that when he discovered that Cyrus' tomb had been ransacked upon conquering the capital city, he personally paid to have it completely restored to its former glory down to the smallest detail and appointed his own guards to watch over it.