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TIL That Russians Race Motorcycles on Ice

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Me9xW TIL the largest flower garden in the world - nearly 18 acres containing more than 250M plants and yielding over 50M flowers - is located in Dubai. The hot desert climate requires the Dubai Miracle Garden to use over 750k liters of water per day sourced from the city's wastewater.
W7jOA TIL In Canada, all of Yukon, most of Saskatchewan, and parts of Nunavut, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec do not observe DST.
OGLRY TIL that the Roman emperor Caracalla ordered the city of Alexandria to be plundered, and it's prominent citizens be massacred, only because of a satire that mocked Caracalla's usurpation of power.
4ZWw TIL of the Mast Brothers who repackaged regular chocolate bars and sold them as artisanal chocolate for $10
0wEXv TIL about Ron Galella - Dubbed The Godfather of US Paparazzi Culture by TIME - here’s a short article about him & his favorite (obsessed with) subject - Jackie Kennedy Onassis which also led to one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images of All Time.