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TIL the longest kill shot in military history is claimed by an unnamed Canadian soldier from Joint Task Force 2 (JFT2), who hit the target from 3,450 metres. His heartbeat could have made him miss his target. Canadian soldiers currently claim three of the top five longest confirmed shots recorded.

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gMLKL TIL that there's something called Bechdel Test which measures the representation of women in fiction, asking whether the work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.
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