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TIL Although an ace is usually associated with a pilot, there are also aces in the combat of tanks and submarines.

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WkPK4 TIL the most distant individual star ever observed is 𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 light years away from Earth. It's called 𝗜𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 and it was detected through 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.
bmPj TIL that when a suicide bomber tried to enter an Israeli supermarket, the security guard stopped her and said, “You will not enter the market. You and I will blow up here.”
D1yyp TIL that over 4000 years ago the first ever customer complaint was recorded in Sumerian, regarding poor quality ore.
N7VGM TIL "Weird Al" Yankovic has been performing with the same band his entire career.
d8vQ7 TIL the US Navy wanted to turn Wisconsin into the world's largest antenna