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TIL there was once a plan to flood below sea level areas of the Sahara, creating large inland seas that would bring humid air, rain and agriculture deep into the desert.

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lxlG TIL when fed up with Congress then-senator Davy Crockett said “You can all go to hell, I’m going to Texas.” shortly before his death at the battle of the Alamo.
YpXJP TIL: Astronaut groupies in Florida were nicknamed "Cape Cookies". Infidelity was rife; wives had to maintain a perfect facade. Only 7/30 astro-marriages in the 60s survived. Alan Shepherd (first american in space), Pete Conrad (3rd man on the moon) and Dick Gordon (Apollo 12) formed the Go-Go crew.
gMonX TIL there is a theory that the chronic vocal injuries suffered by today's vocalists are directly caused by the "sing from your diaphragm" methods introduced in the 1800s
loKba TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand
R5Rj4 TIL about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. The daughter of Thutmose I and his first wife, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, and was his first wife. When Thutmose II died, she became regent for the baby Thutmose III, her husband's heir by another wife. She ruled 22 years until her death.