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TIL in 2007, Iraqi insurgents used the EXIF data from a picture taken of brand new Apache helicopters to find their exact coordinates and launched a mortar attack on them, destroying 4 Apache helicopters worth $30 million.

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oRRno TIL of the "Forgotten Winchester", a heavily weathered rifle found in leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park in 2014. It was manufactured in 1882 and round of ammunition recovered from it was dated between 1888-1911. Who left it there and why they never returned is a mystery.
EQZW TIL a Centurion tank survived a nuclear bomb test. It was still driveable. It was nicknamed “The Atomic Tank” and went on for 23 years of service.
kO6b1 TIL that there is patch of snow in Scotland that has disappeared only a total of seven times in the last 300 years. Nicknamed the Sphinx it is said to be the most permanent and closely studied patch of snow in the British Isles.
eAj5 TIL that there is an ancient site in Salem,NH with a stonehenge-esque structure that lines up perfectly with the real Stonehenge in England.
9YjGB TIL There are more ants alive today, than hours of time since the Big Bang.