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TIL Dolphins can only hold their breath for 10 minutes

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6Ek58 TIL that a UK documentary once showed video footage of an IRA group using Lybian weapons including a truck mounted Anti Aircraft gun, shooting down a British helicopter. The footage turned out to be from Arma2, a video game. The IRA really did blow up a helicopter in 1994, but with a mortar.
XE8aD TIL about Nasal Cycling; the unconscious, natural partial congestion and decongestion of the nasal cavities resulting in greater airflow through one nostril--periodically alternating between the left/right nostrils every 1-3 hours.
5Nwk TIL that green bell peppers are just immature red bell peppers, and that green is the cheapest variety because they don’t need to ripen as long.
QJyO6 TIL Sears once offered mail order houses. You'd select your house then Sears would ship it to you by RailRoad and you'd assemble it yourself based on the instructions
4kep5 TIL the name Teddy Bear comes from President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear