DID YOU KNOW… The U.S. and the Soviet Union used dolphins during the Vietnam War and the Cold War? Both countries studied the creatures for their sonar capabilities, but also trained them to detect mines, bring equipment for divers, find lost equipment, and guard submarines. Playing the accordion was once…

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DID YOU KNOW… Superman didn’t always fly? The original comic book Superman could leap tall buildings in a single bound. But then he had to come right back down to Earth. It wasn’t until the 1940s when animators decided it would be too difficult to routinely draw him bending his…

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