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TIL in 2007, four AH-64 Apache helicopters were destroyed by mortar fire in Iraq because US soldiers took pictures of them landing at their base, and posted the pictures to the Internet. The pictures were geotagged, allowing insurgents to determine the exact location of the Apaches.

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