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Today I learned that while some have been destroyed through friendly fire, not one M1A1 Abrams tank has ever been destroyed in combat by enemy fire.

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0wvJp TIL that in the Bay of Fundy, the amount of water that runs in and out of the bay each tidal cycle is twice the amount of water that flows through all of the world's rivers during that same time
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epaJg TIL that semi-identical twins are possible. Two sperms fertilize one egg, resulting in 3 sets of chromosomes. Normally, this would kill the zygote, but there are two recorded cases where this resulted in twins.
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