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TIL about the "Great Green Wall" an 8000km restoration project to fight desertification in Africa

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4Xwa TIL a man marooned himself on a remote island and after many years was persuaded to come back to Europe and meet the Pope who granted him one wish which ended up being to go back to the island for the rest of his life
0W0L TIL in 1993 Jack in the Box caused the most infamous food poison outbreak in contemporary history, 732 people were infected with E. coli, 4 children died and 178 other victims were left with permanent injury including kidney and brain damage.
GYowN TIL that the oysters in Chesapeake Bay used to be able to filter the entire volume of water in 3 days. This process now takes nearly a year.
edgn TIL: One Nepalese migrant died every two days labouring for the Qatar World Cup during 2014 - This number doesn’t include workers from other countries.
KOVGR TIL prior to the 92 Olympics several members of Australia’s Olympic basketball team threatened to boycott out of fears of contracting HIV from Magic Johnson. Australia basketball’s medical director Dr. Brian Sando recommended the Australians don’t play.