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TIL about Jergentroppen, Norway's All Female Special Forces Group

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49Kw TIL that Sears used its influence over Reddit to get a post removed that showed how to manipulate the sites interface
Xd0D Til Sergey Bubka broke the pole vault world record in 1984 then kept breaking it every year after by as small an amount as possible for the reward money.
gMRGL Til that Barrow in Alaska remains in daylight for 84 days in Summer and dark for 67 days in Winter. It even experiences a midnight Sun!
J7vj TIL Chinese films used to use Chinese actors in “whiteface,” using wigs and nose prosthetics to play Caucasians
RyB7 TIL: “Angels with Filthy Souls”, the Gangster Movie Kevin is watching in Home Alone is actually an 80-second film shot entirely for one brief scene, using techniques and black-and-white negative film stock of movies from the 1940s.