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TIL that the hymen and virginity are not linked, a woman's first time doesn't have to involve any pain at all, and that the concept of physical proof of virginity is basically not a thing.

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rRamd TIL of Operation Pastorius, a German WWII mission of sabotage inside the United States. It failed primarily due to defections, but was in danger of being compromised right from the start as one of the agents, when drunk, announced to patrons at a bar in Paris that he was a secret agent.
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