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TIL about the sultanate of women. A period in ottoman history that lasted for a century where the wives and mothers of the sultans held incredible political power that was started by hurrem sultan, the wife of suleiman the magnificent.

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yVoPe TIL about "Bomb" a Canadian Sherman M4A2 tank that landed on Juno Beach on D Day and fought across Europe every day until the the words "Unload, clear guns, the war is over" came over the radio, indicating the end of the war. 4000km travelled, never missed a day of combat.
548D TIL in 2006, a man threw a mouse into a fire; the mouse fled the fire and ran into the man’s home, setting it ablaze.
E1K9W TIL about Marion Delgado, a five year old who wrecked a passenger train by placing a 25 pound concrete slab on the tracks. When questioned by the police he shrugged, 'I couldn't break that big rock by myself, so I decided to let the train do it.'"
0dwYj TIL that Sammy Davis Jr. played the first black American president in 1933 when he was 8
6ELGW TIL a gallon of gas typically costs no more than a few pennies in Venezuela.