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TIL the the phosphorous in the soil that supports the biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest is supplied by dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean from the Sahara Desert

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jGEN TIL the 2008 film ‘Rambo’ provided a huge morale boost to the Karen Freedom Fighters in Burma, who even adopted dialogue from the movie (most notably “Live for nothing, or die for something”) as rallying points and battle cries.
ERV TIL the meaning of the word mortgage is literally “death contract”
670Y TIL that in 2009, a 13-year-old kid with Aspergers, having feared being scolded by his mother, decided to runaway and dissapear by riding the NYC subway for 11 days. Despite being heavily monitored 24/7, no one noticed him.
rRmVy TIL in 1921 a group of workers in a fertilizer factory stuck dynamite in a 4.5k lbs block of hardened ammonium nitrate to loosen it up. The resulting explosion killed 500 people, destroyed 80% of the surrounding homes and ripped the roofs off of buildings 15 miles away.
LkpYd TIL that in former soviet territories there are hundreds of small, abandoned nuclear generators (250W tops) in total disrepair.