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TIL there’s a lake in Senegal with bright pink water

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jxON TIL that Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”
1XW TIL A dedicated Star Wars fan Is painstakingly restoring the star wars movies Without all the special edition crap!
R79x8 TIL that Laika the first dog in space went through a grueling death hours after the launch of the spaceship from overheating She had been strapped in with no space to move, had only one serving of food, and was under immense stress from being in there. This made me immensely sad.
1A8D TIL there is a nuclear waste repository under construction set to be completed in 2100 and then sealed shut intentionally for over 100,000 years. The crew has considered placing markers on the site with every major language to warn future generations not to drill into the bedrock.
6EVVm TIL: 72 year old US Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was mugged and shot twice in front of his home in 1973. Despite being severely wounded he managed to walk into his home and call an ambulance. He would live another 22 years