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TIL that pan-African nations have come together pledging to build a 15 kilometer wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 7500 kilometer, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.

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nepJW TIL Owe Sandström designed ABBA's performing costumes in consultation with the band members and ABBA producer Stig Anderson. The only outfit Anderson wasn't really satisfied with was Agnetha's fitted white jumpsuit, as the outfit attracted more attention than the song
9wpxr TIL about Ettore Majorana, a brilliant young physicist who vanished without a trace in 1938. He was responsible for many discoveries in particle physics but never published them, leading others to get the credit.
ggXW TIL there was a bull named Bodacious, often described as “The World’s Most Dangerous Bull.” He was infamously known to incapacitate and injure rodeo riders, often crushing their facial bones with his signature power move. He was forced into retirement in 1995 for fear of injuring more competitors.
O6p7 TIL when Billy Dee Williams was questioned about his appearances in the Colt 45 Malt Liquor commercials, he is alleged to have said, “I drink, you drink. Hell, if marijuana was legal, I’d appear in a commercial for that, too.”
dnGZ TIL that The Australian Coat of Arms has the kangaroo and the emu because these animals can’t move backwards.