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TIL During the invasion crisis of 1940-1941, the British tried making up for a shortage of armored vehicles with the "Bison", a truck with a concrete cover to act as armor. They were mainly used as mobile pillboxes to protect airfields from paratroopers.

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vP8AK TIL that after attending a Queen concert in LA, Michael Jackson suggested to Freddie Mercury that the band should release "Another One Bites The Dust" as a single. After doing so, the song became a worldwide hit, spending 15 weeks in the Billboard Top 10, and is Queen’s bestselling single to date.
R5M6a TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.
yVKO8 TIL Chuck Mawhinney was a United States Marine who holds the Corps record for the most confirmed sniper kills, having recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills in 16 months during the Vietnam War.
gMVE9 TIL during the 1999 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt one of the teams managed to build a working nuclear reactor from scratch.
BrgoD TIL that Atari, using the Tengen, entered a partnershp with Nintendo to produce games. Atari proceeded to illegally get a copy of the Nintendo patent for the lock out chip, produced several unlicensed games, then attempted to sue Nintendo for monopolistic practices.