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TIL that only 20% of the Earth’s deserts are covered in sand

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KGPR TIL - “The death of the chemistry set is almost an unintended consequence of the rise in consumer protection laws.”
NX6aE TIL that plant bio-electricity can be harvested and transformed into ambient music with devices which measure slight electrical variations in a plant and translate them into musical notes.
Z6EG TIL that Jefferson Davis in 1861 hoped to become a general in the Confederate Army. He was stunned and horrified to learn that he had been elected the first president of the Confederate States of America.
BQMW TIL that the Canadian military tortured a young man to death in Somalia in 1993. In response to this incident the Canadian government and military disbanded the entire branch of their military (Airborne command) that had committed the act.
nWw7G TIL to flush a horses tear duct in their eyes, the vet syringe the solution through their nostril, not their eyeball.