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TIL about Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko, a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II, credited with at least 309 confirmed kills. She is regarded being in the top five military snipers of all time and the most successful female sniper in history. Lyudmila was nicknamed "Lady Death".

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