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TIL the Kurdish fighting group, Peshmerga, literally mean “He who faces death” and they often inspire kurdish youth through their bravery and fighting origins.

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AN6Pl TIL That approximately 66,000 World War II US veteransare that lost over 400,000 brothers and sisters to free Europe from the Nazis are still alive to witness the Nazi salute live in the US television.
neew7 TIL Although Aloha Airlines FL243 suffered an explosive decompression which tore off the top half of the plane’s skin & threw out 1 crew member midair, the captain—who saw “blue sky where the first-class ceiling had been” thru the missing cockpit door—was able to land with all 90 passengers alive
XZlE TIL there is an ocean-friendly guide for buying seafood
l78Pa TIL that US is a neighboring country of South Korea and Japan because of Guam, a full fledge US territory with 168 thousands inhabitants despite it's not even on the same side of the Earth with continental US.
6E6LW TIL of Cortes Bank, an underwater mountain 100 miles off the southern California coast that rises to within 3 feet of the ocean surface. Currents pushed up by the reef produce breaking waves of 80+ feet.