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TIL about Sahara Sea, a project which proposed flooding endorheic basins in the Sahara with waters from the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea in order to create an inland sea

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xVODw TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.
4Voo TIL that in the movie Blade Runner, Harrison Ford believed that his character was a human while Ridley Scott believed Ford’s character was a replicant.
kOraE TIL Ireland was a major hub for slavery in the 11th Century, with the Irish kidnapping people in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. When slavery was banned in England, it impacted Ireland severely. One of the reasons why the Normans invaded Ireland was because of the Irish refusal to give up slavery.
ZWmD TIL Garth Brooks’s 1993 song “We Shall Be Free” was boycotted by some country radio stations because it included the line “When we’re free to love anyone we choose”
lo9o7 TIL the worlds largest shopping mall is located in Iran. Measuring at 21,000,000 sq ft.