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LrOr TIL The soviet military trained dogs strapped with explosives to conduct kamikaze-style attacks on enemy tanks. the concept backfired horribly, with scared dogs often running back to their trainers…killing them
OoYK6 TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.
WdNA TIL When you are ignored by a person whose attention means the most to you, the reaction in your brain will be similar to physical pain.
R7W1Q TIL "Adidas" comes from the name of its founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler, who was a Nazi.
Lm0d TIL a Navy shower is a shower were the water is turned on to get wet, turned off while soaping up, and then turned on again just long enough rinse off. A Hollywood shower, by contrast, is a shower with no time limit at whatever temperature you prefer.