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TIL in Washinton State in 1995 an irate deer hunter shot down a helicopter with an arrow.

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jNlvn TIL about Roar [1981], a movie filmed with 150 untrained lions and tigers with no safety precautions, leading to several injuries. The animals were given co-writing credits because they couldn't use the real script all that often since the actors were just terrified and running for their lives.
ABGn TIL there is a new type of snail recently discovered named after Steve Irwin named Crikey Irwiny
nWXNP TIL less than 20% of Japanese people have passports
xVY11 TIL that Welsh places compete to have the longest name: a railway station was once called Gorsafawddacha'idraigddanheddogleddol-lônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion just to outdo the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllan­tysiliogogo­goch.
YJer TIL The U.S. Government Spent $12 Billion Building The Worlds Largest Supercollider In Texas. And Then Never Opened It.