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TIL Rip was a stray dog adopted by an Air Raid Patrol in WW2. Although not trained for rescue work, he sniffed out over 100 victims trapped beneath buildings. He was awarded the Dickin medal for his work, which has been held partially responsible for prompting the training of search and rescue dogs.

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 2:04 pm

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TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.

by whatilearned August 4, 2022, 6:02 pm

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TIL the term “Seeing Eye Dog” only applies if the dog was trained by the non-profit group “The Seeing Eye” of Morristown, New Jersey. If the dog wasn’t trained there, it is simply referred to as a “guide dog”.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 2:59 pm

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TIL that apes who have been trained to use sign-language so far failed to ever ask a single question.

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 12:45 pm

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TIL that B.F. Skinner, in his work on superstitious behavior in pigeons, trained pigeons to guide missiles in WWII by pecking a key. Despite working very well it was never used in combat.

by whatilearned July 10, 2022, 12:48 am

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TIL during Japanese invasions of Korea in 1590s, Ming Dynasty sent military support to Korea, which included 300 monkeys that were trained to ride horses; used as confusion tactics to run towards Japanese army to leave them dumbfounded (sorry, couldn’t find any translations in English)

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 3:40 pm

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TIL there is a activity called parahawking that combines paragliding with falconry in which Birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals. Parahawking was developed by British falconer Scott Mason in 2001

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 8:47 pm

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TIL In 1974 at a Canadian army training base in Quebec, cadets were being trained to handle discarded explosives. A cadet asked one of the instructors if he could pull the pin on the grenade, and the instructor told him it was safe. It exploded, killing 6 cadets and injuring 65 others.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 1:36 am

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[Theory] Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens

by CopyPastaArchive June 1, 2022, 3:36 am

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TIL that 100 squirrels were trained over the course of 19 weeks for one scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 7:46 am

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TIL Goldfish can recognise classical music. A study was done in which researchers played Bach and Stravinsky. The fish were first trained to bite a bead when they heard both, then only one and not the other, and finally just different clips of one. One fish preferred Bach and avoided Stravinsky.

by whatilearned May 28, 2022, 6:34 pm

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TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 3:46 pm

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