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TIL Milunka Savić was recognised as the most-decorated female combatant in the entire history of warfare.

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8XZZ TIL according to the US Flag Code “The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery”, and “No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform”
8mvG TIL that skyrocketing college tuition prices began in 2005, when Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, that made it essentially impossible to discharge or declare bankruptcy on federal or private student loans.
pN9Z TIL: Jimmy Savile was not just a paedophile. His victims were aged up to 75, and he was an overt necrophiliac.
Z8Eap TIL in the 1960s, convincing newly formed African countries to align with the US was crucial in the Cold War but racism towards African diplomats was making it difficult. JFK introduced civil rights bill as a result which eventually led to the Civil Rights Act.
yV7MX TIL 1/3 of reproductive age women are iron deficient