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TIL about the Richat Structure of Mauritania. Observable from space and measuring nearly 50 kilometers in diameter (30 miles) it is referred to as the Eye of Africa

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b9DkE TIL that in 2014 Zara released striped pajamas with a sheriff badge which looked like a prisoner uniform from Jewish concentration camps. Needless to say, they got a lot of shit for that and pulled them off store shelves.
dxOr TIL The Nation of Islam teaches that its founder, Wallace Fard Muhammad, boarded a UFO when he disappeared in 1934.
bvEN TIL that in China sight impaired people are trained as masseurs so they can earn money and feel useful to society
LkQ09 TIL a flock of starlings is called a murmuration.
xV7Z1 TIL only 400 out of the 7000 diseases classified as “rare” have an effective treatment. This fact is recognized during Rare Disease Day, which is held every year on the last day of February. This day also holds an extra special meaning on February 29 – the rarest day of the year.