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TIL that on 19 January 2021, it snowed in the Sahara Desert; this is the fourth time this has happened in the last 50 years (1979, 2016 and 2018)

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b9GRQ TIL strawberries are technically neither fruit nor berry
1xk4 TIL there was an ancient Greek man named Gaius Appuleius Diocles whom was a famous chariot racer whose winning, adjusted for inflation, total $15,000,000,000 making him the highest paid athlete ever.
8eaAL TIL of the Mayerling Incident where Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, & his mistress, Mary Vetsera were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in the woods on January 30th, 1889. This destabilisation led to successive developments like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
av7Z TIL that Disney owns part of a Canadian Porn streaming service through ESPN
GYWAG TIL the oldest D20 dice was uncovered in Egypt and dates back around 30 BC