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TIL 'Pakistan' is both a Persian and an Urdu word. It is composed of letters taken from the names of homelands, and means the land of the Paks - the spiritually pure and clean

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DGpJ TIL During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Russian army would project audio propaganda to demoralize German forces, including a “Death Tango” and a female voice saying “Every 7 seconds, a German soldier dies on the Eastern Front.” followed by a clock’s ticking noise.
loVdN TIL: If you ever got shrunk down to the size of an ant, not only would everything look bigger to you, but the world would also appear almost a million times darker, light would no longer appear straight meaning that the world around you would be covered in a haze of blurriness and shadow
wLle8 TIL that Canada has bagel shops that run 24/7.
JYGXl TIL it is an annual tradition at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station to screen John Carpenter's 'The Thing'.
krr5 TIL John Cena was recently given an award for completing his 300th Make-A-Wish visit. With each visit, he extends the all-time record..and he has no signs of stopping