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TIL George Preddy, #1 ranked P-51 Mustang ace of WW2 with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills, was was shot down and killed by friendly fire on Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge

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1Mr TIL That the Great Wall of China is also known as “The Longest Cemetary On Earth” because it is filled with bodies of the workers who died during its erection
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