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TIL there’s a train from NYC that will drop you off at the Appalachian Trail

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R7wr9 TIL In 1941, some Soviet tanks were so superior to German ones, that a single KV tank stalled the German advance for a full day while being attacked by a variety of anti-tank weapons and was overrun only because it finally ran out of ammunition
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