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TIL The Earth's North and South Poles are long overdue a flip where North Pole and South Pole switch, since the 1990's the North Pole has been drifting by more double the amount previously.

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69LyQ TIL Calama, Chile (pop 147,886) has an average annual precipitation of 5 mm (0.20 inches). For comparison - Dubai has an annual precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.12 inches).
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vPD5j TIL The “Grave with the Hands” in Roermond, Netherlands are two tombstones on opposite sides of a wall connected by two hands holding each other. This is for a Protestant/Catholic couple who had to be buried in separate sections of the cemetery.