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TIL the Red Army accepted a Ukrainian woman after she shot two enemy soldiers at range in an audition, she became the most prolific female sniper in history

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XLK6 TIL IBMs Super-Computer Watson invented the term ‘wang-bang’ when it did not know the correct name for a “boxing hit that lands below the belt” on a game of Jeopardy.
9wDvX TIL when Guinness World Records stopped monitoring the record for the longest time to stay awake in 1997, the record holder at the time was Robert McDonald who went 453 hours 40 minutes (18 days 21 hours 40 minutes) without sleeping in 1986.
p8ZXb TIL Mongolian barbecue is not Mongolian - it was invented by a Taiwanese comedian/restaurateur.
awxvZ TIL fire hydrants are color coded so fire fighters instantly know the pressure and water flow.
0wbdM TIL the most generations alive in a single family has been seven. Augusta Bunge aged 109 years, followed by her daughter aged 89, her grand-daughter, 70, her gr.-grand-daughter, 52, her gr.-gr. grand-daughter, 33, her gr.-gr.-gr. grand-daughter, 15 and her gr.-gr.-gr.-gr. grandson born in 1989.