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TIL the Indian military developed a Penetrating Cum Blast round.

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8agmV TIL Street Fighter's boxer Balrog was originally named Mike Bison (a parody of Mike Tyson), but Capcom was concerned they could get sued. The name was shortened and given instead to the final boss, who became M. Bison.
awgbN TIL of James Martin Stagg, a meteorologist for the allies in WW2 tasked with finding the day with the right conditions for the D-Day invasion. His team and him predicted that the weather would clear up on June 6th, which the Germans didn’t predict. He was right and D-Day was successful.
ljjr TIL that Winston Churchill’s first thought when Pearl Harbour was attacked was “We have won the war”.
JNOB TIL the more likely a man can grow a beard, the greater the risk he will go bald.
b67Jj TIL Princess Diana didn't initially die at the scene of her car accident, but 5 hours later due to a tear in her heart's pulmonary vein. She would've had 80% chance of survival if she had been wearing her seat belt.