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TIL of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was a female Soviet Sniper with over 300 comfirmed kills. She is considered as the most successful female sniper in the world.

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GY5VG TIL in 2009, three New Zealand blue ducks - two males and a female - were kept in a breeding program in England. However, the program was derailed (despite the efforts of the breeders and even the female duck) when the two male ducks hooked up with each other instead of with the female.
OGlv6 TIL the city of Boise, Idaho drops a 17-foot long potato for their New Year's celebration.
VMWAp TIL the Kama Sutra was composed between 400-300 CE. It was translated into English in 1883 by Sir Richard Burton however, Burton’s edition was illegal in the US & UK until 1962. Due to this, the Kama Sutra became “one of the most pirated books in the English language.”
mxvmE TIL: President Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant but changed his name at West Point to avoid having his military uniforms marked with initials "H.U.G."
Bg4Rd TIL left handed people are significantly more likely to be paedophiles