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TIL After two wars in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, the M1 Abrams tank has suffered only one combat death.

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jNdXN TIL 2012 Olympics organisers wanted Keith Moon, who died in 1978, to play at the ceremony. When they asked the The Who's manager if Keith "would be available" to play, he replied "He now resides in Golders Green crematorium, If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him"
6yKX TIL The Simpsons Movie is banned in Myanmar due to an edict banning the usage of the colors red and yellow in film
GAebG TIL that the least common birth date (other than February 29th) is December 25th
NmQ1 TIL that William Shakespeare, wrote his own epitaph as a curse to ward off grave robbers. It reads, “Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
97Jr TIL Paul Revere did not shout “The British are coming!” on his famous midnight ride because the colonists of Massachusetts would have still considered themselves British. He instead said “The Regulars are coming out.”