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TIL that the Sahara Desert fertilizes the Amazon rainforest!

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Xr6R TIL a man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing and eating the last Indochinese tiger in China.
WZvo TIL two white brothers took the Boston firefighters test claiming to be black so they would pass at the lower requirements. They worked for 10 years before being discovered.
jNN1X TIL Conan O'Brien required reconstructive surgery on his nose after a street gang, “beat the shit out of [him].” The damage was so severe that, when asked the extent of the damage, Conan’s doctor said, “Broken? Good god, man, it’s a bag of bones!”
mxKP TIL Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million. Netflix is now worth $2 billion.
Y7pPx TIL about Fordlandia, a city in Brazil that Henry Ford tried to build as a social Utopia. The city had different neighborhoods, the white American one with running water and great views, and the local one with well water. Still a city today, but no longer a social experiment.