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TIL there is a green card lottery, to win residency for the United States of America.

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QWK9 TIL in WWII a woman-only Soviet bomber regiment were nicknamed the “Night Witches” by German soldiers. For a successful bombing run, the Witches would cut the engine of their archaic and noisy aircraft. Gliding in, they would release their bombs before the enemy even knew they were there.
QN4b6 TIL the US government tested an air-to-air nuclear weapon and put 5 completely unprotected men directly below it on the ground to show how safe it was.
5YnPr TIL that Karen Wetterhahn, a researcher at Dartmouth College, died within a year of exposure to merely 2 drops of dimethyl mercury on her gloved hand.
4RKR TIL the individual U.S. federal income tax rate in the early 1960s for the highest incomes was 91%
1a4ZV TIL Germany has an electric highway (eAutobahn) that lets trucks draw power from overhead cables