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TIL the largest sand dune in North America is in….Idaho.

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x68k7 TIL the plane which dropped the atomic bomb in WW2, the B-29 Superfortress, was more expensive to develop ($3 billion) than the Manhattan Project ($1.9 billion).
woJPW TIL about an island that formed in a volcanic eruption in 1963 and is now used as a study site for how nature colonizes newly formed environments
lkYA TIL Canada wants complete disarmament of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons
VM4GB Today I learned that the last individual to hold the title of Tsar was Simeon II of Bulgaria, who ruled the country during WW2, and again in the 21st century as Prime Minister. He's still alive today.
w8dM TIL Neil Patrick Harris is the president of The Magic Castle, a private club for magicians. Formal party attire is strictly enforced in The Magic Castle.