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TIL that the world's largest desert is the Antarctic Polar Desert, which covers over 5.5 million square miles. ❄️ I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to get lost there.

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awMdZ TIL of President Husni al-Za'im , who after taking over the Syrian government tried to give women right to vote, did not execute anyone during his reign and tried to make peace with Israel.
6EnY7 TIL about the 'Harlem Hellfighters' WW1's African-American regiment who were the first Allied unit to reach the banks of the river Rhine in November 1918
wLKd8 TIL In Texas two parties can legally settle a dispute by fighting as long as they don't kill or seriously injure one another
jakX TIL That A Chicken Gun is a Cannon designed to fire dead chickens at aircraft to test their resilience against bird strikes
b5LZ TIL, The Strid is a narrow stream in Yorkshire with a deep chasm and undercurrents so strong that not a single person who has fallen into the Strid has ever come out of it alive