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TIL in World War I, Russia created the “1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death” among other all-female battalions in an effort to shame still-hesitant males to fight in the war

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7rAWO TIL Ryan Gosling had no double for his pianist role in the La La Land movie. He learned to play the piano and all the musical compositions from scratch, in the 3 months before the movie was shot.
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