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TIL That the English privateer Sir Francis Drake was nicknamed El Draque "The Dragon" by the Spanish because of his fearsome reputation.

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7r5jP TIL Klavdiya Kalugina was one of the youngest Russian snipers who fought during WW2, she was 17. She amassed 257 confirmed kills. She survived the war and lives in Russia, she is 95 years old. She remains one of the deadliest snipers ever.
5YgwB TIL that US law requires that eggs sold in supermarkets must be washed. And EU law requires that eggs sold in supermarkets must NOT be washed. Both do it to prevent salmonella.
6KVl TIL over 100 homicides since 2009 have been linked to registered members of the Stormfront forum
jN41n TIL Auld Lang Syne served as the national anthem of the Korean exile government and from 1945 to 1948, it was the melody of South Korea's national anthem.
vPOER TIL Kerosene is used to extinguish fire in a bale of cotton