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TIL that International Shooting Union barred women from shooting with men in 1993, after Zhang Shan won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting in 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

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78kZM TIL During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion'
b7e0 TIL Wikipedia user ‘Seedfeeder’ is responsible for 47 of Wikipedia’s sex drawings including deepthroat, snowballing and pegging
wLb76 TIL The pilot episode for Friends (known at the time as Friends Like Us) used REM's Shiny Happy People as its theme song.
DQLAJ TIL that the largest shoe size ever worn by a person was a US size 37AA/ UK size 36/ EU size 75 and was worn 'unsurprisingly' by the tallest man in recorded history Robert Pershing Wadlow.
AEAa TIL In 1832 the US Supreme court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Indians wanting to remain on their native land. President Andrew Jackson ignored the order and tens of thousands of Cherokee were forcibly removed from their homes and marched to Oklahoma. Thousands died on the mach, the Trail of Tears.