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TIL a month after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, a massive typhoon hit the city, killing 2,000

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gKB8 TIL that the Sahara desert is vastly expanding. 12 African nations have banded together pledging to build a 9 mile wide band of trees, that will stretch across Africa (4,750 miles), called “the Green Wall,” to halt its expansion.
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