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TIL that Arjun, a type of main battle tank in India, has ammunition made it that is called "Penetration-Cum Blast" or PCB for short.

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LQDBd TIL that King Charles III of the United Kingdom is related to George Washington, the first President of the United States, through his ancestor Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805 – 19 November 1891), an English lady with both British royal and American presidential genealogical connections.
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