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TIL They make eye glasses for chickens

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ne9x9 TIL of Lydia Litvyak, The Jewish Soviet Fighter Ace. During WWII she claimed 14 kills, trained 45 pilots, and shot down an ace who wouldn't believe a woman beat him until she described the fight. She went missing on a flight Just before she was to receive the award "Hero of the Soviet Union"
yGAw TIL: American POWS Were Killed in Hiroshima At least twenty-three US servicemen were in Hiroshima when the bomb fell. They were prisoners of war, former aviators, held at several locations in downtown Hiroshima.
b9EAN TIL Hitler offered to trade a million Jews for material goods, including 10,000 trucks. The Jews would have been allowed to go to any Allied country except Palestine, as Hitler had promised the Grand Mufti no Jews would settle in Palestine. The offer was rejected.
ANXww TIL the city of Jakarta has a "No-car day" every Sunday, inviting pedestrians to use the streets for recreational activity instead
lV5 TIL; A Man Used A Lightsaber To Avoid Being Hit With A Stun Gun