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TIL that the Aztecs considered childbirth as a form of battle, and the women who died during it were honored as fallen warriors

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VB0Jm TIL the battle of Normandy was actually named Operation Overlord, with the launch assault at the beaches of Normandy, commonly referred to as D-Day, formally called operation Neptune
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