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TIL that the Sahara is roughly the same size as China or the USA

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Od96 TIL attacking a parachuter bailing from a distressed aircraft is a war crime
oRjD7 TIL about Bir Tawil, an 800-square-mile area of land between Egypt and Sudan that is terra nullius (land belonging to no one) because both countries refuse to claim it. Claiming Bir Tawil would legally force them to give up their claim on the more valuable Hala'ib Triangle.
D9Np TIL that after Tupac was cremated, his ashes were mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of his hip-hop group, Outlawz.
16WPr TIL By 1960 rail transport was so dominant in the USSR was hauling about half of all railway freight in the world (in tonne-km) and they did this on a rail system consisting of 10% of the world's railway length.
grB17 TIL that platypuses (platypi?) don't have nipples and secrete milk through their abdominal skin. Also there are no known pain relief medication that can treat platypus venom, since the venom affects unknown pain response pathways in humans