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TIL that Joseph Stalin was incredibly promiscuous. Aside from his two marriages, his known sexual liaisons include the seduction of a 13-year old orphan girl, affairs with his sister-in-law, housecleaner, countless "peasant women", and the wives of his fellow comrades.

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