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TIL that in the Russian Version of Winnie the Pooh, Pooh is a pseudo intellectual poet and Piglet has a gun.

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PYgmn TIL that on 5th May 1945, 5 days after Hitler's suicide, American and German soldiers fought together against the Nazi SS to free prominent French prisoners of war from Itter Castle. It is believed to be the only battle in the war in which Americans and Germans fought together as allies.
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