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TIL Thirty-six armed dolphins trained by the U.S. Navy to kill terrorists have been missing since 2005. The dolphins carry “toxic dart guns” capable of killing a man in a single shot.

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N7LR8 TIL that pirates wore eye patches to help overcome night vision, and not from combat.
p5YN TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church, was excommunicated by his own church just before his death for advocating being kinder to members.
4W05 TIL one man is responsible for why women smoke, why we eat bacon & eggs at breakfast, why there’s fluoride in tap water, and why the US says it’s “spreading democracy” during war. He disliked the word “propaganda” so he coined the term “Public Relations”
LXbd TIL Van Gogh shot himself in the chest and then went and smoked a few cigarettes before finally dying.
VM9o4 TIL Artichokes contain a compound cynarine which makes other foods you pair it with taste sweeter. Apparently, this is the bane of sommeliers.