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TIL final battle scene in "The Last Jedi" was filmed on Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat in Bolivia. By some estimates more than 10 billion tons of salt cover the region today and it's home to more than 50 percent of the world's lithium reserves

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yQpMe TIL Benazir Bhutto (11th, 13th PM of Pakistan) and Liaquat Ali Khan (1st PM of Pakistan) were both assassinated in the same park and rushed to the same hospital. The doctor who attempted to revive Bhutto in 2007 was the son of the same doctor who tried to revive Khan in 1951.
Oo0Ve TIL in 2010, a Japanese chef from Nagoya, Japan was crowned World Champion for having the best pizza in the world, topping 150 chefs from other countries, including Italy.
XEYJr Today I Learned that, on average, 17 meteorites impact the ground or oceans of Earth. Every. Single. Day.
8llV TIL that Lord Voldemort Was a Character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
GYYk1 TIL outdoor cats are the #1 threat to bird populations. They have contributed to the extinction of 33 bird populations and are responsible for roughly 2.4 billion in bird losses per year.