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TIL: That the US Airforce has looked into research on: "How to use social media to control people like drones"

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Ool1g TIL that there are submarine Aircraft Carriers. Japan employed the I-400 class during WW2, and they could carry up to 3 bombers, in addition to 8 torpedo launchers & abti-aircraft guns. These submarines were twice as big as any ordinary subs of the time.
XEdAX TIL When humans and dogs gaze into each other’s eyes both of their brains can excrete oxytocin, the only observed case between two different species
PYaVg TIL Mount Everest grows about a half-inch taller each year as the Himalaya Mountains are pushed up by the creeping collision between the Indian and Asian land masses
PlZg TIL Australian scientists created a hydrating, hangover free beer
GAln4 TIL of the OQLF, or the “Language Police,” in Quebec. The organization was created to enforce the everyday use of the French language, the official language of the province. They have the ability to fine businesses and other entities for prominently using English in advertising, signage, menus, etc.