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TIL the US sailor kissing the nurse in the WWII photo taken in time square to celebrate the end of the war, was on a date with another women when he grabbed the stranger and the photo was taken. The other woman still married him

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LbPv TIL that George Washington was almost killed by a British Sniper at the Battle of Brandywine - he was spared since he had his back turned to the marksman.
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lor6V TIL The Beatles were all still in their 20s when they broke up. George Harrison was 26, Paul McCartney was 27, John Lennon was 28, and Ringo Starr was 29.
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