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TIL The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest place on earth, with some regions having never recorded any rainfall

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m1GJO TIL of Philip Spivak, a Republican Chicago-area attorney who lost running for County Judge, then changed his name to Shannon O'Malley, switched to the Democratic party, and won the same election 8 years later
ZEW4 TIL spiked dog collars were originally made to protect dog’s necks when attacked by wolves.
LXV TIL that the Times New Roman typeface was commissioned by The Times [of London] in 1931 after they were accused of being “badly printed and typographically antiquated”.
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