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TIL the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte was approved by Hitler to be the largest tank ever built, it would have weighed over 1000 tonnes and would have destroyed bridges due to it's weight alone

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5LJD TIL that Beate Uhse was a stuntwoman and Luftwaffe pilot in WWII, ferrying around planes and jet fighters. After the war she started a mail order business sending out pamphlets teaching young girls about the rhythm method, which became the world’s first sex shop and later a €280 million business.
VB6WQ TIL about Hanatarash, a Japanese noise band that used power tools, drills, and heavy machinery as their instruments. In 1985, at one of their shows, the frontman Yamantaka Eye drove through the back wall of the venue with an excavator and proceeded to throw a molotov cocktail at the wreckage.
xVGe0 TIL India banned jury trials after a Naval officer murdered his wife’s lover and a combination of sympathy for the wronged husband and a concerted media campaign to paint him as such resulted in the jury acquitting him.
Zpwap TIL NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, the city of Elgin, North Dakota, and the town of Elgin, South Carolina, were all named after the Elgin National Watch Company, which itself was named for its factory location in Elgin, Illinois
J1V6k TIL that Isabel Zendal was the first ever public health nurse in history. She helped vaccinate 500,000 people against smallpox across the Spanish empire during the Balmis expedition in 1803. She has only recently been recognized and one of the newest hospitals in Madrid has been named in her honour