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TIL 11 African countries are building a Great Green Wall of trees across the Sahara.

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ANbna Til Lunar dust is potent to humans.
7rpVp TIL the pineapple became a sign of hospitality during America's colonial era. The exotic fruit was an expensive treat originally served to only the most-honored guest. Towns, inns and individual households began displaying images of the fruit in order to convey a sense of welcoming.
Alnw TIL That all British soldiers shot for desertion and cowardice in World War I were posthumously pardoned. In modern times it is believed that many of the soldiers were suffering the effects of shell shock. They are remembered by the Shot at Dawn Memorial.
n08P TIL The creator/father of frisbee golf was cremated after death and made into a frisbee in 2002
LQk9m TIL that Hugo Ferdinand Boss, the original founder of Hugo Boss, manufactured NSDAP, SS & Wehrmacht clothing in the early 1930s until end of WW2