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TIL Neptune’s moon Triton will one day be destroyed by the gravitational forces of Neptune and the resulting debris will give Neptune a ring system similar to Saturn.

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VLDp TIL Sahara is only in a dry period and is expected to be green again in 15,000 years.
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XErPQ TIL that Ursula K. Le Guin once rejected an offer from Hayao Miyazaki to adapt her Earthsea series for the screen, but changed her mind after watching Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro
oBvxE TIL: If you boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for 3 hours it turns into Caramel.
9ewD TIL that in 1942, business leaders in Winnipeg, Canada organized an “If day” where they simulated a Nazi invasion and occupation of the city. The fear generated during the event was a very successful fundraising tool, which managed to raise over 3 million Canadian dollars for the war effort.