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TIL Japan and Poland were allies during World War II

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wLEb8 TIL Julie d'Aubigny was a 17th-century traveling swordswoman. Among her other exploits, when her female lover was sent to a convent, she also entered the convent, stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in her lover's bed, escaped with her lover and burnt the convent down.
r56W TIL The former Iranian president has returned to his original profession, teaching and now takes the bus to work every day
R5yQ TIL that in Japan there’s a series of Melody Roads with grooves that, when driven over, play the song “Memories of Summer” through the vibrations in the car.
ne96o TIL: Dr. Mary Walker was an American surgeon and feminist. She served as a Union Army nurse in the in the Civil War, before being commissioned as the first woman assistant surgeon. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service, and Walker remains the only woman ever to receive this award.
ZnQ TIL that estimates for the amount of time Bill Murray’s character is trapped in the perpetual Groundhog Day range up to 34 years.