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TIL that in 1995 an American army vet stole a tank and drove it in the streets of San Diego

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8a6VP TIL Ted Knight had a short lived sitcom in 1978 where he ran a escort service
P1Y9V TIL modern mathematical notation for fractions that seperates the numerators and denominators with bars were invented by the 12th century Moroccan mathematican Abu bakr Al hassar
9YpZD TIL of the Daisey Cutter, a bomb specifically designed to create helicopter landing pads in the thick jungle forests of Vietnam. The blast would level a 300+ ft circle while leaving the ground itself relatively unaffected.
DQgYp TIL the BBC once forbade employees from illuminating any workspace solely with an Anglepoise (the spring-tensioned balance-arm lamp) because Variety Dept. head Michael Standing feared low-wattage lights led creators to furtive ideas, smut innuendo, and degenerate programme material.
dP5j TIL there is a tree in India whose canopy covers 3.7 acres (14,5000 square meters) in area making it the widest tree in the world.