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

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R9w9 TIL A man named Charles Holden picked up a hitchhiker, got into a fight with him and ditched him ½ mile away from his house. Later this hitchhiker walked up to a house and killed an elderly woman. This woman was Charles’ mother. The hitchhiker didn’t know they were related.
4X7bR TIL Microsoft lost $4 billion with the original Xbox console since it had a manufacturing price far more expensive than its retail price
9Yv0M TIL The Cadaver Synod was the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus. His corpse was dug up and found guilty, and his papacy voided. His corpse was then thrown in the River Tiber, but became a source of miracles. His trial was then overturned and he was reburied, but a later pope upheld the conviction.
7rO6b TIL about a guy who disappeared in to the woods for 27 years and survived by committing about 1000 burglaries
Oo7re TIL that the word “hope” (Expectation of something desired; desire combined with expectation) has been around for over 1000 years