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TIL that the Soviets found that sniper duties fit women well, since good snipers are patient, careful, deliberate, can avoid hand-to-hand combat, and need higher levels of aerobic conditioning than other troops.

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DvBP TIL that California’s official state animal is extinct.
MexoW TIL The Jim Twins were separated at birth who didn't meet until age 39. Both were named Jim, had first wives named Linda and second wives named Betty, named their sons "James" and dogs "Toy", chain-smoked Salems, drove Chevys, were sheriff deputies and vacationed on the same beach in Florida.
D0kD TIL that Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Z84pp TIL that Lady Gaga admited that Kiss FM was the only radio station to correctly censor the song during the chorus when she replaces "poker face" with "fuck her face". Although not in the official lyrics, the switch can be heard every second repetition of the phrase during the chorus.
gMy8y TIL that German-born soldiers made up about 10% of Union forces during the Civil War. Some of them were exiled supporters of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe. After the war, the Forty-Eighters supported improved labor laws, and also advanced development in education, medicine, and journalism.