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TIL that the Sahara Desert fertilizes the Amazon rainforest!

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QN7Xa TIL 65% of Staten Island voted to secede from the rest of New York City in 1993, only to have their efforts blocked by the State Assembly
5VDjk TIL there is a Batman themed nightclub in Pattaya, Thailand that has been abandoned for over 20 years.
7doX TIL in the Japanese version of Lotus 123 the audible error “beep” was removed because it would be very shameful for the computer to tell everybody that you made a mistake.
w8Vo TIL that the nazis only would have needed a few more months in WW2, to finish a wooden stealth bomber that easily could have invaded the UK
rNWDx TIL that Bothie the Polar Dog is the only dog to travel to both the South and North Poles. No other dog is expected to match Bothie's achievement of visiting both poles after the Antarctic Treaty of 1994, which has subsequently forbidden dogs from the Antarctic continent.