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TIL the only fertile desert in the world is the Tharparkar desert in Pakistan

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E1m6W TIL that thanks to a technicality in a 1912 treaty, Japanese nationals were entitled to work in the Netherlands without a permit between 2014 and 2017
VMy64 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt was a major force in labor rights, implementing eight hour workdays and industry safety regulations, abolishing slavery in the Philippines and peonage more generally, investigating child labor claims, and establishing the forerunner to the USES, among many other things.
W79Qo TIL (and don't ask me how I know) that Justin Timberlake has a part of his set that devours panties upon his request.
DQdae Today I learned of dark lightning, known also as Terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF). Dark lightning discharges from storm clouds and flings antimatter into space.
NerE TIL that when Weird Al asked Kurt Cobain if he could make a parody of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Cobain asked if it was about food.