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TIL that Aaron Bank, who founded US Army Special Forces, was a real life Inglorious Basterd tasked with killing or capturing Hitler. His mission was only canceled because of how rapidly the war came to an end in Berlin.

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epebJ TIL That women could not have their own credit cards regardless of marital status until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed in 1974. Before then, a man would have to co-sign for a woman, even if she made more money, so credit cards were only available to men for the first 16 years they existed.
BRLW TIL Mongol successfully invaded Russia in the winter
KYYwE TIL in the 1800s, the country now known as Vietnam asked the Qing dynasty to change their name to "Nam Việt". The dynasty said no, and changed their name to "Việt Nam" instead.
yQroa TIL fungi are 2.5 billion years old and are technically our ancestors
E1LMV TIL that “Caligula” was a nickname given to Gaius Caesar as a toddler by his father’s soldiers because he had a little soldier’s outfit, including tiny, hobnailed boots (caligae) such as the infantry wore.