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TIL that rats have been used to locate over 100k landmines and explosives. They're effective because they're too light to trip the mines.

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D7P TIL the US has one of the most efficient and extensive freight rail systems in the world, nearly twice as efficient as the European and Japanese systems.
jddM TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson danced Ballet, Jazz, Afro-Carribean, and Latin Ballroom style while attending Harvard. He also won a gold medal in Latin Ballroom style with the University of Texas dance team
d8b1Q TIL of the Flying Fathers, a Canadian ice hockey team made up of priests with a horse as a backup goalie
ggry TIL Honey bees that return to the hive drunk are punished. The punishment ranges from leg biting to complete leg loss, for repeat offenders.
oBVnW TIL of DARVO, the behavior demonstrated by wrong-doers who are confronted with their acts. Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.