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TIL that the singer Akon is launching a cryptocurrency called Akoin

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BZnd TIL the word ‘sahara’ means 'desert’ in Arabic, so the Sahara Desert is the 'desert desert’.
16oGD TIL Waldo is US and Canadian. To everyone else, he's Wally.
JoP4 TIL the September 11 terror attacks on the WTC released a dust cloud of toxic asbestos fibers across Manhattan. An estimated 410,000 people have been exposed. It is believed lung cancer and mesothelioma cases in the city will reach a peak in the year 2041 (four decades after 9/11)
k081 TIL That on this day in 1963 the US Military created an artificial ring around the earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
NXxeN TIL that it takes 28% to 70% less energy to produce a ton of paper from recycled paper than from trees.