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TIL in WWI 'Male' tanks had cannon and 'Female' tanks had machine guns.

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wLNkE TIL that both the Carpathia (which rescued Titanic's passengers) and the Californian (which was nearby but allegedly never saw Titanic's distress signals) were both sunk in WW1. Carpathia lies in 600 feet of water off of Ireland and California lies somewhere off of Greece but has never been found
YG6Z TIL In 2004 a 13yo girl was walking to school but was shot and wounded at a distance by IDF soldiers. As she cowered, wounded behind a rock an Israeli captain went up to her and emptied 17 bullets from his rifle into her at point blank range. The captain was exonerated and later promoted to a Major.
b90GQ TIL that dogs can tell when you're due to come home by how much of your scent is remaining in the house.
woXNY TIL Egon Hanfstaengl, whose parents had been close acquaintances with Hitler in the 1920s, became a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II
EgvnV TIL chocolate has caffeine in it