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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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jNlJa TIL Benford's Law dictates that any number occurring in nature (such as the speed of light or the length of a river) is more likely to start with 1 than any other number. There's a 30% chance it will start with 1, and the probability of it being any number from 2 through 9 decreases exponentially.
X0A9X TIL that chimney swifts breed in North America, but their wintering location was unknown in 1944. It was discovered when an indigenous Peruvian was seen wearing a necklace made out of the bands scientists had tied to the birds’ legs to track them.
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