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TIL that storks that are bit by arrows while migrating and survive are called Pfeilstörche

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vp4r TIL that the Danish woman Karen Jeppe freed 2000 women and children during the Armenian Genocide, and helped many others.
6m9w TIL that the Russian fighter jet, Su-34, comes equipped with a toilet and a kitchen.
eJRE TIL that after shooting down an American F-117 stealth attack aircraft in 1999, Serbian propaganda posters read “Sorry, we didn’t know it was invisible”
ep78E TIL the name Pakistan is an acronym - Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan.