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TIL that the Sahara is expected to become green again in 15000 years (17000 AD)

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lrEA TIL Dolphins call each other by “name”.
b6L5N TIL that in 2007 on a trip to Paris, Prince Harry had his driver go through the same tunnel his mother Princess Diana died in at the same speed her car was going at the time, in an attempt to find closure for her death. He described the attempt as ill-conceived, saying it only brought him more pain.
woGDY TIL jazz musician Artie Shaw, leader of one of the most popular big bands of the 30s and 40s, was married and divorced 8 times, the first 7 of which averaged less than 2 years each.
gMpey TIL about triplets that were deliberately separated at birth by their adoption agency. After investigative journalist, Lawrence Wright, looked into the matter, it was revealed the triplets were part of a scientific experiment by Dr. Peter B. Neubauer.
dDpA9 TIL that pellagra, caused by niacin deficiency, was widespread among poor rural populations in 18th–20th century Europe and the American South who relied heavily on corn. Native Americans had solved the issue millennia earlier through nixtamalization—an alkaline treatment that makes niacin available