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TIL the first Soviet citizen to visit the White House was a female WWII sniper with 309 confirmed kills, one of which was a sniper she dueled for 3 days.

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QJw96 TIL that in 2015 authorities in Germany seized a World War Two tank which was being kept in a senior's basement. The Panther tank was removed from the 78-year-old's house in the town of Heikendorf, along with a variety of other military equipment, including a torpedo and an anti-aircraft gun.
womlM TIL that 'Uptown Funk' was released over a month early in the UK owing to a performance by a contestant on The X Factor, which resulted in that version going to #1 on iTunes
ypVJ TIL: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launched his tech career by writing open source software to route delivery trucks from the Internet
R7aN7 TIL that in North Carolina, men are legally allowed to continue having sex even if a woman revokes consent.
BrjLk TIL: Dandelions are called "pissenlit" in French, which means "piss the bed" because the tea made from their roots is a powerful diuretic