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TIL about a mechanic who decided to make a bulletproof (and bombproof) bulldozer to destroy a town

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DQvGD TIL David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians, was born Vernon Wayne Howell. He changed his name to "David Koresh" in 1990, reflecting his belief in the biblical lineage of King David. "Koresh" is the Hebrew name for Cyrus, the Persian king who freed Jews from Babylonian captivity.
eKn TIL: California produces almost all of the country’s almonds, apricots, dates, figs, kiwi fruit, nectarines, olives, pistachios, prunes, and walnuts.
b9jVE TIL: The person on the 10,000-Yen banknote is Fukuzawa Yukichi, who was among the first Japanese to visit America in 1860, after the end of Japan's isolation period. He became known as one of the foremost experts on Western culture, and the college he founded, Keio University still stands today.
OjLa TIL Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the first head of the British SIS, had a wooden leg which he would suddenly stab with a pen knife in the middle of agent interviews. If the man flinched, he wasn’t fit to be an agent.
Me1b TIL that the Basque language is so ancient that their word for axe, aizkora, literally means stone (held) high, or stone on top.