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TIL about the Battle of Hodów, where 400 Polish Soldiers managed to defeat around 40,000 Troops of the Crimean Khanate.

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NaD1 TIL a pair of those glasses with a big nose, thick eyebrows, and a mustache attached is called a ‘beaglepuss’
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