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TIL The entire Amazon basin is fertilized by diatom shell dust blown over the Atlantic from the Sahara desert

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KOAxG TIL that Crested Black Macaque's are the most affectionate monkeys in the world, due to living in a forest full of food where they all want for nothing. They love to hug, blow kisses, share, and make friends.
l7LNB TIL Poland's cities of Warsaw and Poznan utilize teams of live mollusks to detect impurities in drinking water at 50 discrete water treatment plants. When 4 or more mussels are detected to have closed (using magnetic sensors) the water supply shuts off.
GYMV5 TIL that Dustin Hoffman was originally considered for the lead role in ‘Blade Runner’
J7eQ TIL There’s a kind of turtle with a green punk hairstyle
ZpwkY TIL about the Toshka Project, which consists in the creation of a second Nile valley thanks to water from the Nasser Lake to increase the share of inhabited land of Egypt from 5% to 25%