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TIL there are 16,000 acres of sand dunes in Alaska - Kobuk Valley National Park

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PY1Le TIL In the last 40 years, the overall survival rate for children’s cancer has increased from 10% to nearly 90% today.
e54E TIL that in 2012 a Manchester couple jokingly invited Queen Elizabeth to their wedding, the Queen accepted and made an appearance along with Prince Philip.
EMmX TIL that during filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back the actor playing Darth Vader was instructed to say “Obi-Wan killed your father” instead of “I am your father” in order to hide the secret twist from even the actors until the final movie
D1lLD Til that in 1989 the U.S.A was going to build a 50 mile long particle accelerator in texas that would have discovered the higgs-boson 10 years before CERN.
abZJ TIL Ancient peoples in the Middle East and India tamed Cheetahs and trained them to ride horses.