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TIL that the African Sahara Desert comprises about 8% of the world’s land area, and you could place the entire continental United States within it and have room to spare

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W71xd TIL that excess human food is harmful to wildlife. So we can't just dump all the leftovers into a forest or something and let them do whatever with it, choosing landfills and even poisoning supermarket dumpsters instead...
aOKL TIL that the Power Ranger Command center is actually a Jewish college.
jGYX TIL actor/U.S. Marine R. Lee Ermey was initially hired only as a technical advisor for Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick changed his mind after seeing an instructional video Ermey put together.
Av0g TIL of anesthesia awareness, a condition in which a patient under anesthesia is completely conscious yet unable to physically move their body. Patients are fully aware for the entirety of their operation and are able to feel pain without the ability to alert the doctors to stop the procedure.
l7lEA TIL Physicians used to prescribe medicinal alcohol during the 20s prohibition. To help several affections like cancer, indigestion or depression among others.