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TIL about a Tiger tank that managed to fight off 50 T-34s

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emnn TIL The Concorde supersonic jet stretched during flight due to the heat it generated. On its final flight the crew placed their hats into a crevice in the floor which appeared during the flight, as the aircraft cooled the crevice closed, permanently sealing their hats in the aluminum airframe.
AojB TIL that the average Bugatti customer owns about 84 cars, 3 jets and one yacht
oBA6K TIL: Based on a 9th-century Taoist text, the invention of gunpowder by Chinese alchemists was likely an accidental byproduct from experiments seeking to create the elixir of life.
N74WJ TIL in 1842, the British had an army of 16,000 men retreating from Kabul, Afghanistan. Only one man survived after losing some of his skull, protected by a magazine stored in his hat. He arrived in Jalalabad and when asked where the army was, he stated "I am the army".
8egjG TIL that in Telangana, India, a government school remains open to serve just one student—a young girl who attends classes all by herself.