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TIL The Germans started shooting their bullets backwards in response to the British using tanks. These reversed bullets were blunt and thus wouldn't be as easily deflected, denting armor and spitting fragments at the crew.

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R7Kw1 TIL during the forced removal of Native Americans to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears, many African American slaves were owned by tribes and forced to go as well. After the Civil War, the Freedmen founded their own communities and Oklahoma became home to over 50 All-Black Towns and settlements.
16kDr TIL That in the original cut of Nas "Hate Me Now" music video that aired only once, showed Nas and Diddy being crucified. Diddy, a devout Catholic, barged into the offices of Nas' former manager, Steve Stoute, with several bodyguards, and struck Stoute over the head with a champagne bottle.
Z8gg4 TIL of Sally Miller Gearhart, a feminist scholar who proposed reducing the male population because they are 'corrosive to female-led social change."
nWey7 TIL in 1922 Deputy Prime Minister to Ireland Kevin O'Higgins ordered the execution of Rory O'Connor, who was the best man at his wedding only one year prior.
E1eaX TIL Ric O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins for the TV show 'Flipper' to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the Flipper dolphins died in his arms.