TIL Landmines planted on the coasts during the Falklands War accidentally created penguin sanctuaries. The penguins are too light to detonate the mines, so they live and breed safely. The sanctuaries are so popular and profitable that there are efforts to prevent removal of the mines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine



Submitted March 27, 2015 at 02:54AM by Pupikal http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30f48g/til_landmines_planted_on_the_coasts_during_the/