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TIL that from the top 100 history flying aces, 100 are germans.

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GAQjQ TIL Ulysses S. Grant met with Susan B. Anthony while President in 1872 to discuss the possibility of women's suffrage. Although he was unable to get them the vote, Grant did succeed in expanding women's rights including in the workforce, appointing thousands of female Postmasters across the country.
wLreM TIL about the hero Shavarsh Karapetyan who, on two distinct occasions, saved several people, badly injuring himself in the process - a true example of altruism
xajk TIL French was the official language of England until the 14th century and they didn’t officially adopt English till 1509.
5Yek TIL that Hitler had only 1 testicle, the other was shot off in WW1, and medic Johan Jambor saved his life and regretted it until he died in 1985.
VMlJZ TIL the Finnish cities Turku and Tampere have a fierce rivalry, every year students from Tampere go to Turku's market square and jump, in a joking attempt to sink Turku back below the Baltic sea.