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TIL wasps can be trained to detect bombs.

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69rnX TIL that a haboob is a specific type of a dust storm or sandstorm that is generated by thunderstorm outflows. Haboob means blasting/drifting in Arabic.
EoVV TIL that legendary MMA fighters Ken and Frank Shamrock are not blood relatives. Both were adopted by trainer Bob Shamrock, who has taken in numerous troubled young men and given them a positive outlet through MMA.
epOAE TIL Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, was also worshipped in some places as a goddess of war through her form called 'Aphrodite Areia'
4kOgX TIL the world's oldest known cave painting dates back over 45,000 years!
Z8jWa TIL the US Army Ordnance Department sabotaged the prototype AR-15 with 3 critical changes when it went into mass production as the M16, leading to its poor performance in the Vietnam War.