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TIL that dust from the Sahara Desert helps fertilize the Amazon Rainforest, despite being an ocean away.

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yQynM TIL that when ships pass through Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean, the nearest land mass is 1677 (2,700 kms) miles away. This means that at certain times of the day, the nearest humans are on the international space station (ISS) 258 miles (416 kms) up.
7daM TIL that after a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like the design of the hospital bed he was laying in. He called in his engineers and had them design a new bed that would allow someone with severe burns to move freely. It became the prototype for the modern hospital bed.
DQXMe TIL: "The Flintstones" were originally "The Flagstones" in their 1960 pilot film. The name was changed because the family in the "Hi & Lois" comic strip was also named Flagstone.
0wDly TIL That the DEA found an increase from about 4% THC in 1995 to about 12% in 2014 in marijuana. By 2017, another study showed, the potency of illicit drug samples had gone up to 17.1% THC, an increase of more than 300% from 1995 to about 2017.
e0aVD TIL Learning how to play a music instrument can increase your IQ up to 7 points even if you learn it as an adult.