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TIL great white sharks are attracted to AC/DC’s music

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0LwR TIL that the only woman who served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet marines during World War II, carried hundreds of men off the battlefield and was seriously wounded three times, received the highest award in the Soviet Union only in 1990, 45 years after the end of the war.
BrDYy TIL Palau became the first country in the world to ban sunscreen that is harmful to sea life and corals.
woV1o TIL of Alice Nutter, an English woman who was hanged after a 9 year old accused her of being a witch
9wym6 TIL a think tank says the NFL can't actually legally enforce their warning, "Any other use of this telecast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited.”
gM9O4 TIL that during the American Civil War, Scott County of Tennessee broke away from the rest of the state to join the Union and technically did not rejoin the state until 1986.