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TIL Foreign citizens applying to Russian universities are accepted into post-graduate and doctoral studies on the basis of international agreements and intergovernmental agreements. Foreign citizens without knowledge of the Russian language are enrolled in preparatory one-year course

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Y7lr TIL that in 1870 Gilbert Bates marched 400 miles through England carrying the American flag to prove that the English did not hate Americans. He was honored as a hero.
d8GVd TIL Deals Gap, North Carolina's "Tail of the Dragon," a popular mountain pass, famous for its 318 curves in 11 miles. Approximately 37 traffic fatalities were recorded on this stretch of road from 2000 to 2017.
WPO4 TIL that Margaret Cho was rejected by a producer on her show All American Girl. Still heart broken, she looked him up 17 years later to find out that he had bludgeoned his wife to death and put her in his attic where she partially mummified. She wrote a song about him.
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