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TIL that 12 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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aw6Jb TIL that so many concepts in mathematics are named after "Bernoulli" because multiple members of this family contributed to the field over a hundred-year period
nejN7 TIL in England, after 2 thieves broke into a mans home and made off with his laptop, they inspected the device, found serious child abuse material and went to the cops regardless. The paedophile got 3 yrs in jail. The judge gave robbers a 12 month community service orders in light of their good deed
jMkn TIL that Tigers in China are bred in captivity, those in captivity far outnumber the amount of wild tigers, as tigresses are made to produce cubs at 3 times more than their natural rate by having cubs weaned of pigs or dogs. All this to make Tiger Bone wine
oRr67 TIL: Paul Revere was the first person in the USA to learn how to roll copper in 1801 and formed Revere Copper. That company is still the only copper mill in the United States
W7Ldd TIL that support beams were installed backwards on the 2nd reactor at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant because the single set of blueprints for the two reactors was not physically flipped when installing the beams in the 2nd reactor.