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TIL Several people accused actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe of putting on blackface when he appeared in a promotional film for the BBC. He is in fact black.
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TIL it has been 40 years to the day since a human being has walked on the Moon, the last time being on December 13, 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission.
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TIL that Traces of coca and nicotine found in some Egyptian mummies have led some to speculate that Ancient Egyptians may have traveled to the New World (America).
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TIL of Alfred Redl, an Austrian counterintelligence officer who spent about ten years up to 1913 sending major military secrets to Russia, including Austria's plan for invading Serbia, which Russia then handed to Serbia.
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TIL of Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, who was the only woman to have served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet marines during WWII. She carried hundreds of men to safety. In 1944, she helped assault a Ukrainian city, singlehandedly attacking a German position and taking 14 prisoners.