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TIL Ed McMahon was a Colonel in the Marines, and flew 85 combat missions in the Korean War, before co-hosting The Tonight Show.

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yVdee TIL about Iris Cummings. She is the last surviving competitor of 1936 Berlin Olympics and also flew military aircraft for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during WW2
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VwVZ TIL 34% of the black male population in Alabama has permanently lost the right to vote.
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