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

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neoZ9 TIL The word 'mortgage' literally means 'death pledge'
9QDQ TIL that an ex-Gurkha soldier named Bishnu Shrestha took on 40 robbers single-handedly on a train to prevent a stranger from being raped armed with just a khukuri.
NPdQ TIL that Mars’ smallest moon, Deimos, has an escape velocity of 5.2M/S, meaning that if you were take a running jump while on it, you will launch off like a slow rocket.
Xx0r TIL of an armored vehicle prototype invented by Preston Tucker in 1930s. Tucker Tiger, as it was called, was entirely bulletproof, had air conditioning, and a turret that could rotate 360 degrees. Its maximum speed was 114 mph, but it was rejected by the Army because they felt it was too fast.
yQOJp TIL of Queen Isabella; frustrated, humiliated and tired of her husband; fled England, tricked him to send their son, invaded England with her lover (enemy and fugitive of her husband) and defeated him.