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TIL There used to be a large, inland sea in Northern Africa called Mega Chad

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b6Jn9 TIL use of the German flag outside of sporting events is rare due to German flag waving being associated with with Nazi Germany and nationalism
gMxJy TIL of milk sickness which is a poisoning that affects individuals who ingest milk, other dairy products, or meat from a cow that has fed on the white snakeroot plant, which contains the poison tremetol.
VBg10 TIL Helen Keller could tell by sniffing the air what building she was passing, when it was lunch, when it was raining & when the grass was being cut. She found the smells of New York City--crowds of people & traffic--as oppressive
9w4r7 TIL that a member of the Manson family attempted to kill president Gerald R. Ford
69GKZ TIL about the Mandan, or "Welsh Indians." A tribe of Native Americans with a European appearance and a language that sounded like Welsh, they were at first believed to have been the descendants of the legendary Welsh explorer, Prince Madoc, who was said to have sailed to America in the 1170s.