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TIL a man made a homemade tank out of a bulldozer that was immune to armor piercing ammo, and took revenge on a town, causing over $7 million in damage before he took his own life

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8awla TIL Napoleon discovered in his Egyptian campaign, the remains of an ancient canal linking the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. He planned to rebuild the canal, but gave up when it seemed to expensive. This was a couple decades before the Suez Canal.
eeDJ TIL that European Royal Families had a “Court Jew” to handle finances and negotiate loans since usury was forbidden by the Catholic Church
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