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TIL that the Sahara Desert fertilizes the Amazon rainforest!

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YgmG TIL A British bomb detection dog in Afghanistan died from the stress of seeing his handler shot. They had set a new record for bomb detections and the dog was awarded the equivalent to a Victoria Cross.
Br9gD TIL about Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee whose name propelled him to celebrity status in North America for four months in 1995
PY0jG TIL The second largest air force in the world is the U.S. Navy.
KaAE TIL there is a resident in MIT’s Random Hall called “The Milk” that is an expired carton of milk coming up on 22 years past its expiration date
wLjMY TIL In Sri Lanka, reservoirs built more than thousand years ago are still used today