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TIL that in January 2019, a sound installation powered by solar batteries was set up in an undisclosed location in the Namib Desert to play Toto’s “Africa” on an indefinite constant loop.

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OY1L TIL that you can not enter the majority of Arab countries if you have an Israeli stamp on your passport.
KOgl9 TIL Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation sounds familiar because she was the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
WkjWA TIL, if we were to compress the entire history of the earth into a single year, modern humans would only appear on December the 31st at around 11:36 PM.
D1o8p TIL that the steam iconically shooting out of the streets of New York City comes from the underground new york steam system. The 105 mile system of pipes began providing services in 1882, it uses clean water and still delivers steam to over 2,000 city buildings today.
rGXo TIL a huge, tracked vehicle was used in warfare in the mid 1800’s. It was called “The Megatherium war horse”.