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TIL The greatest living fighter ace is 95, had 222 air kills, and was shot down 16 times.

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9wePD TIL that Nazi Germany established a vast system of military brothels across occupied Europe. On the Eastern Front, the Wehrmacht conducted mass kidnapping raids in Polish cities and seizing girls as young as 15 for sexual slavery in state-run brothels to serve German soldiers during WWII.
eLB5 TIL Dan Aykroyd proposed to Carrie Fisher on the set of their film The Blues Brothers. She said: “We had rings, we got blood tests, the whole shot. But then I got back together with Paul Simon.”
ANrVw TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza is not the one with the ‘cap’, but rather the one behind it in most pictures. There is only a 6ft/2m height difference between the two.
M7YwB TIL that Hitler ensured the safety of his Jewish family doctor Eduard Bloch (who treated Hitler's mother for breast cancer at reduced cost). He was allowed to emigrate to the US in 1940.
loxWN TIL that Samuel Maverick was a Texas rancher who refused to brand his cattle, which led to the word 'maverick' meaning someone who is independently minded.