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TIL That the Average Lifespan of a Soldier in Stalingrad was 24 Hours

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Vd9Q TIL A cop tried to shoot a dog for barking but accidentally shot himself.
d8bEQ TIL The Siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Russian deaths (military and civilian) than the US and Britain sustained (combined) in all of World War II.
rRdBM TIL in 1918 Russia, the Romanov family were brutally executed (with an even more disturbing burial). The Romanov children survived the initial spray of bullets and attack with bayonets because their clothes were lined with more about 1.3kg diamonds and gemstones each, as an improvised armour.
oBEvL TIL marijuana laws are so strict in the UAE that a Briton was jailed for 4 years cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe; any trace of weed in your blood or urine is possession with a 4 year sentence.
9YKx6 TIL One third of all flight delays in Europe are caused by the French.