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TIL over 2 million women were raped by the Russian Army after the fall of Nazi Germany.

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NX0Nb TIL Urban Meyer was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the '82 draft. He would hit .182 across two minor league seasons before moving on from the sport.
0w5Zy TIL more than half the American deaths in the War of 1812 were from Kentucky
6EN8Q TIL that the 20th President of the US, James A. Garfield, contributed an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem before he became president. He came up with it during a discussion with other members of Congress, and it was published in the New England Journal of Education.
LkOZZ TIL A man ran for asking for equal wage for women and African-Americans in 1944. He was cheated by party politics despite being more popular than any other candidate at the time. He wanted to end the tensions with Russia. As a kid, he learned from under George Washington Carver on farming.
loBxa TIL the last man to walk on the moon wrote his daughter's initials in the moon dust. When the shuttle program later began, he chose to leave NASA, saying: "Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough."