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TIL that Canada has a large desert area, resembling the Sahara, with massive dunes. It borders Lake Athabasca and is surrounded in boreal forest.

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XamQ TIL in 1994, Andres Escobar, a colombian soccer player , was killed for scoring a goal by mistake to his own team in the football World Cup of that year. The murder was only ten days after the mistake.
oBnwo TIL that in 1958, Larry King got into a car accident with JFK. JFK reportedly yelled “How could you? Early Sunday morning, no traffic, I’m parked—how could you run into me?” When King simply offered to exchange information, the Senator agreed he’d forget about it if King promised to vote for him.
WwdA TIL in 1795, as Joseph Haydn conducted the premiere of his 102nd symphony, the audience pressed forward out of their seats to get closer to the famous composer. Moments later, a chandelier crashed to the floor where the seats had emptied, killing no one and giving this piece the name “The Miracle”.
BrywK TIL of Hyperparasites; parasites that evolved to parasitize other parasites.
RjQ1 TIL that possums and opossums are actually two completely different animals. They share the fact that they are marsupials, but no other relation, and they live on opposite sides of the planet.