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TIL of the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, a Soviet unit of mostly high school-aged female volunteers that fought a Panzer Division with anti-aircraft guns in the defense of Stalingrad.

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LkNDV TIL The Beatles ended stadium segregation in the Deep South by refusing to perform in Gator Bowl stadium (Jacksonville, Florida). The City relented and because of that defiance, many black concert-goers were publicly among white people for the very first time.
Z8gOG TIL that power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones share a birthday - September 25
R76a9 TIL AC/DC lost lead singer Bon Scott, replaced him with Brian Johnson, then recorded and released Back in Black all in the span of 5 months in 1980. Bonus: Back in Black, AC/DC’s best selling album (25x Platinum) was released merely one year after Highway to Hell, their second best selling album.
xV1lw TIL that Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle attended a dinner party held by an editor looking for content. They each promised to contribute to his magazine. The results of that evening? The Picture of Dorian Gray and the second, franchise-cementing Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four.
grOWW TIL ear wax production can increase with stress or fear.