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TIL Marvin Heemeyer, a man who after fighting a losing legal battle with a large business that was ruining his auto shop business, manufactured a homemade tank equipped with a 50. Caliber anti material rifle, 1 inch armor plating, security cameras and more to destroy the town hall/enemy buildings.

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R7811 TIL that the Adirondack forest state park in New York State is the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States, at over 6 million acres. It is larger in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Park combined.
YpjkZ TIL that the James Webb Space Telescope not only missed its launch date by 14 years so far, but has also missed its designed mission end date by 9 years.
ANRPn TIL about Belphegor's prime, 1000000000000066600000000000001, a palindromic prime number with 666 at its heart and 13 zeros on either side. It was named after one of the Princes of Hell, who was charged with helping people make ingenious inventions and discoveries.
d85bQ TIL On 22 May 2016, a 34-year-old woman in Madrid, Spain, was charged under Article 37 of the Citizen Safety Law for carrying a bag displaying the acronym "ACAB" accompanied by the words "All Cats Are Beautiful". The charges were dropped 3 days later.
n0x7 TIL hand dryers in public bathrooms are actually the exact opposite of sanitary.