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TIL about the Amiriyah shelter bombing an aerial bombing attack that killed between 400-1,500 civilians by the U.S. Air Force

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QNDQL TIL: The native languages of Madagascar (Malagasy) and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are in the same language family [Austronesian]. In the direction that was travelled by settlers these locations are more than halfway around the earth from each other.
78Z87 TIL R2D2 is known as "Little Arthur", or "Arturito" due to the similarities in pronunciation. Some Spanish released subtitled films even have him captioned as Arturito.
BrXGy TIL the equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
Zp8jB TIL that Tesla named their fastest car, the Model S Plaid, as an homage to the 1987 cult classic movie Spaceballs in which the starship speeds are Light Speed, Ridiculous Speed, Ludicrous Speed, and Plaid Speed.
0eyR TIL There is a volcano in Japan that erupts almost every day, and has done so since 1914, when the Island spewed enough lava to become connected to the mainland.