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TIL We call it a Wife Beater because in 1947 a man beat his wife to death in a tank top, and the newspapers printed pictures of him in a tank top referring to him as the wife Beater and since then the term has stuck

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 6:43 pm

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What kind of ears does Thomas the Tank Engine have?

by cringeyjokesman January 11, 2022, 6:39 pm

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TIL Swimming pools used to be called “swimming tanks”, which inspired the name “tank top”.

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 1:25 pm

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Farming karma on my cake day: Two goldfish are in a tank, and one says to the other….

by cringeyjokesman December 9, 2021, 11:26 am

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tank copypasta

by CopyPastaArchive December 4, 2021, 5:50 pm

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TIL after her husband had been killed in fighting near Kiev in 1941, Soviet nurse Mariya Oktyabrskaya sold all of her possessions to fund a T-34 tank. Her one condition was that she be allowed to drive it, which she did until her death in combat in 1944. She was awarded “Hero of the Soviet Union”.

by whatilearned November 23, 2021, 6:06 pm

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TIL during the 2nd gulf war, a WW2-era T-34 tank chassis with two MIG-21 jet engines mounted on top was used to put out oil well fires set by retreating Iraqi forces

by whatilearned November 20, 2021, 12:33 am

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Look at this fucking massive fluffy tank of a dog (credit to 4chan)

by CopyPastaArchive November 11, 2021, 6:39 am

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TIL The longest confirmed tank kill in history was recorded in 1991 when a British Challenger-1 tank with the callsign 11B fired at an Iraqi main battle tank from a distance of more than 5,100 meters – just above three miles – with a Depleted Uranium round.

by whatilearned November 3, 2021, 9:17 pm

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TIL that during WWI, a bunch of Australians decided that they would go to no mans land and steal a German tank because they were bored and drunk.

by whatilearned October 31, 2021, 9:15 am

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TIL after North Korean soldiers killed two members of a work crew that were trimming a tree in the demilitarized zone, America and South Korea launched Operation Paul Bunyan to cut down the tree with the aid of overwhelming force: 813 men, 27 helicopters, a tank. The tree was cut down successfully.

by whatilearned October 23, 2021, 3:29 am

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Two goldfish are in a tank.

by cringeyjokesman October 21, 2021, 5:29 pm

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