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TIL a trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile over 300m

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PVZZ TIL that “RPG”, when used in reference to the RPG-7 weapon, does not stand for rocket propelled grenade. Instead, it is a Russian acronym for Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot, roughly translated as “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”
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pY44b TIL of a man who was discovered to be unknowingly missing 90% of his brain, and was living a normal life.