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TIL of Mariya Oktyabrskaya. When her soldier husband was killed in 1941, she sold her possessions, bought a T34 tank nicknamed The Fighting Girlfriend and relentlessly fought Nazis. When the vehicle took a hit, and despite orders, Maria jumped out of the tank to fix it under enemy fire.

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l70EN TIL during WW2 the US and Canada invaded a Japanese-held Alaskan island with more than 35,000 men. After more than 300 casualties and the near sinking of the destroyer USS Abner Read from traps, mines, and friendly fire; they realised there were no Japanese on the island.
6RLX TIL that Laika, the first dog in space, did not die peacefully of poison after six days as initially reported, but rather within seven hours of launch, likely due to overheating caused by a faulty temperature control system.
d8ZwQ TIL that there is a Spiderman comic (The Amazing Spiderman #36) that deals with Spiderman being too late to stop 9/11. Spiderman along with four of his arch rivals help out at the scene of the attack by lifting rubble and rescuing survivors.
R5rv9 Today I learned that Cardi B's real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus
9YZEG TIL in In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism