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TIL the real life ‘Charlie’ from Top Gun went on to become the highest ranking female Pentagon official in US history.

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1aRGW TIL That in the Ukrainian language, the word Chernobyl: "чорнобиль" means wormwood. In the Book of Revelation, Wormwood is the fallen star that poisons the waters of the earth.
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