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TIL Reagan intended to give the technology behind SDI to the USSR in order to eliminate the threat of nuclear war for both parties.

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vPXJ8 TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. After being destroyed and looted, the ones left are at risk of disappearing due to shifting desert sands. Theres a multi-billion dollar project to plant a line of trees across the entire African continent to create ground stability and stop the desert spread.
5DKr TIL Girl on the old Czechoslovak one-crown coin was in fact charged with treason and sentenced to ten years in prison for being in Scouts organization, which was banned by the communists. The artist learnt about her story and secretly used her portrait.
Vkam TIL Terry Pratchett’s family motto is Noli Timere Messorem (Don’t fear the Reaper)
NBjb TIL the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was so strong that the vibration was felt and detected by an orbiting satellite
neDr7 TIL "The Producers" Broadway show on Curb Your Enthusiasm which stars Larry David and David Schwimmer is a real Broadway show written by Mel Brooks which adaptation of his 1968 film features fading producer Max Bialystock.