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TIL about Reba Z. Whittle, an American flight nurse who, in 1944, became the only military female prisoner of war in the European Theater of World War 2. The German doctor who treated her injuries said:"Too bad having a woman as you are the first one and we don't know exactly what to do."

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P1KkO TIL that a monkey named Jocko Flocko was the co-driver for stock car racer Tim Flock for 8 races in 1953. Two weeks after becoming the only NASCAR-winning monkey, Jocko was euthanized after getting out of his seatbelt and hit in the head with a pebble during what became his final race
LkQ1V TIL the police officer shot during the assassination attempt on President Reagan sued the gun manufacturer. The case was rejected and set the precedent that gun manufacturers can't be sued for crimes committed with their weapons.
j6JQQ TIL Winston Churchill said, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons."
AVGl TIL Robert Rodriguez started receiving phone calls at random hours of the day from Danny Trejo, trying to convince him to make the Machete film. Robert asked why Danny can’t just send a text message instead of constantly calling, to which Trejo replied: “Machete don’t text.”
WX48 TIL the world’s first nuclear power plant, built by the USSR in 1951, wasn’t decommissioned until 2002