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TIL Giraffes make sound but it is too low for humans to hear

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gxlL TIL in WW2, the Soviet Union had an all female airforce regiment of night bombers known as the Night Witches. These women were so feared among the Nazis that they would award the Iron Cross to anyone that managed to shoot just one of them down.
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QNgRa TIL the Lakota word for "white man" literally means "takes the fat" or "takes the largest portion"
kk94 TIL a pizza delivery man had a bomb strapped round his neck and was forced to rob a bank. He was arrested by police, and was killed after the bomb detonated.