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TIL: Viggo Mortensen bonded with the horse he rode in Lord of the Rings so be bought it from the owner.

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wLrE TIL that Michael Jackson’s famous “lean” in Smooth Criminal was made possible through a special patented “anti-gravity illusion” shoe.
W7ZyX TIL I learned that in 2007 an initiative called the Great Green Wall was started to restore the vegetation of the Sahel and to stop the expansion of the Sahara. The project is funded by the world bank(most of it). The wall goes across the entire part of Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia
OGGg7 TIL a waterfall rivaling Niagara Falls once flowed off the California coast where the Golden Gate Bridge now stands
8Yxa TIL After phasing out coal power plants, Toronto has been smog free for the first time in over a decade.
xOxD TIL of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot in history. He flew in WWI, was an integral part of the French Underground in WW2 and was a national hero in France. He spent his later years as an unknown elevator operator in America.