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

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a8dOZ TIL that Hebrew, Aramaic, Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, and other languages all have almost same word for "peace [be unto you]" as a standard greeting (generally with a raised hand, to show peace). (E.G. Shalom - Shelam 'alakh - Salam-alaykum - Salam)
7PjX TIL That George R.R Martin still writes using a DOS-based word processing application released in 1978. (WordStar 4.0)
4kmYN TIL that 42 buildings in New York City have their own zip code. It's either because of their size, the money they generate, or the number of people who work in them.
KYdx9 TIL though the Egyptians themselves considered the Romans to be their pharaohs and the legitimate successors of the ancient pharaohs, the emperors themselves never adopted any pharaonic titles or traditions outside of Egypt, as these would have been hard to justify in the Roman world at large.
R7owQ TIL that the creator of Pringles Can is buried inside one. He died in 2008 and after cremated, his ashes were put inside an original flavored Pringles Can.