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TIL that the inflatable sex doll may have been invented by Adolf Hitler, but the project failed because soldiers were too embarrassed to carry them.

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6919l TIL that nearly 9 out 10 Egyptian women aged 15 to 49 have had their clitoris removed as the practice of FGM is still rife in the country
8aAZV TIL about John R Fox, an Officer who ordered an airstrike on himself during the second World War to save and protect his country
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