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TIL That to run for President of France you need a bank account

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Kx5G TIL the word “emoji” has no connection to “emotion.” It comes from japanese “e-,” meaning picture, and “moji,” meaning “character.”
W7pRo TIL there's a dormant volcano in Mississippi called the Jackson Volcano, which is 2,900 feet below the city of Jackson.
p8oLN TIL: There is a published, peer reviewed article on iocaine powder, the famed and fictional poison from The Princess Bride
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gMlM8 TIL about Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko, a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II, credited with at least 309 confirmed kills. She is regarded being in the top five military snipers of all time and the most successful female sniper in history. Lyudmila was nicknamed "Lady Death".