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TIL It sometimes snows in the Sahara Desert; even as recently as January 2022

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N7O0N TIL George Washington was referred to in Algonquian as Conotocarious, a term meaning “Devourer of Cities”. He inherited the name from his great-grandfather, who ordered a massacre on five chieftains during a diplomatic parley in Bacon’s Rebellion.
lLwG TIL that there is a programming language called INTERCAL which have keywords like IGNORE, PLEASE , FORGET. If you don’t use PLEASE enough times while coding,Compiler rejects the code.
d8nRE TiL women receiving radiation to their pelvis can have their ovaries transplanted into their forearm (heterotopic transplantation) to be retrieved in the future for IVF and maintain their fertility.
E040 TIL Ariel from the Little Mermaid is the only Disney princess to have had a child of her own.
X716 TIL of Joe Rollino. Coney Island “strong man” who advocated for healthy living ahead of his time. Bent a quarter on his 103rd birthday. Died when he was hit by a mini-van at age 104 while on his morning walk.