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TIL that the Indian Arjun MBT uses a specialized cannon round called Penetration Cum Blast (PCB)

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YpBo7 TIL Ramon Artagaveytia was one of the 65 passengers who survived the sinking of the ship America in 1871. The mental trauma gave him nightmares for the rest of his life and kept him off of ships until April 10, 1912, when he decided to visit the US and boarded the Titanic. His body was never found.
VB0o4 TIL the phrase "Taco Tuesday" is trademarked by Taco John's, who has won cease and desists against other restaurants and even large companies that must seek permission to use it in their branding and advertising.
EvY0 TIL chimpanzees prefer cooked food over raw food and would even wait for the food to get ‘cooked’.
lEMA TIL Bayer Pharmaceutical knowingly shipped out HIV-tainted blood transfusions to Hemophiliacs in countries such as France, Spain and Japan during the 1980s. They eventually paid millions out in lawsuits but no Bayer executive was ever charged with a crime.
KYMNw TIL Star Wars Episode IV was one of the first movies to use CGI