TIL that 27 million tons of dust from the Sahara Desert fall on the Amazon basin annually and 43 million tons settles over the Caribbean Sea.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 04:26AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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NASA
NASA Satellite Reveals How Much Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon’s Plants - NASA
What connects Earth’s largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?
TIL about the Volkswagen XL1, the most efficient car ever made. It can do 260 mpg and was limited to just 200 production cars.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 01:47PM by pantherclipper
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 01:47PM by pantherclipper
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TIL the former CEO of Patagonia was married to the co-founder of The North Face.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 09:11AM by superboringkid
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TIL that the descendants of Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster, the co-creators of Superman, receive an annual salary of around 500,000 and 25,000 US dollars each from DC in exchange for the company being able to continue retaining the rights to Superman.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 07:21AM by SatoruGojo232
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 07:21AM by SatoruGojo232
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TIL Only one person has died so far in the Catacombs of Paris, In 1793, a man died in the catacombs. It is thought that he lost his light source and was left to die in the darkness. In 1804, 11 years later, his body was found, a few meters from a staircase that led to an exit
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 06:43PM by i_have_chosen_a_name
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TIL the Australian ute was invented in response to a farmer’s wife’s letter in 1932. A woman from Victoria, wrote to Ford Australia’s general manager during the Depression, asking for a vehicle that was comfortable for driving to church on Sunday yet practical for hauling pigs to market on Mondays.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 06:11PM by Plus-Staff
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Dismissed by Henry Ford as a 'kangaroo chaser', the ute became an Australian classic
In the early 1930s, a handwritten letter landed on the desk of Hubert French, Ford Australia's general manager. It came from a farmer's wife from Gippsland, with an idea and a plea for new type of vehicle.
TIL in 2023 Disney made more profit from churros sales at its theme parks than it did for Disney+ streaming.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 06:54PM by Pozzolana
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Cross Screen Media
Is Selling Churros a Better Business for Disney Than Streaming? - Cross Screen Media
Setting the table: Recently, I was listening to Ben Thompson’s podcast (Stratechery). He was interviewing Matthew Belloni (Puck/The Town), and they had the following back and forth. MB: I spent...
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TIL the Central African Republic requires you to live there for 35 years, own land, and be awarded a national honour to become eligible for citizenship
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 07:41PM by mazldo
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 07:41PM by mazldo
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TIL The Italian-American Civil Rights League campaigned to have the word "Mafia" considered a racial epithet. They were a Mafia front.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 07:49PM by Hrtzy
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TIL about the the Lobster War, when Brazil declared war on France for illegally catching lobsters off its shores.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 06:09PM by cupacupacupacupacup
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TIL Disneyland has had 104 deaths on park property since 1964.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 10:46PM by Hyperion12
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DAM Firm
Disney Deaths | California & Florida Parks [Updated 2026]
Discover a full list of fatal incidents from Disneyland and Disney World, as well as graphs and data analysis of the deaths and subsequent lawsuits.
TIL a 10-yr-old boy survived after he fell from a treehouse trying to escape a swarm of yellow jackets & landed face-first on a foot-long metal skewer. It went through his face, leaving six inches sticking out. However even at that depth, it didn't hit anything critical & barely injured him at all.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 10:21PM by tyrion2024
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TODAY.com
'A miracle': Boy recovering after metal skewer impales his face
After Xavier Cunningham fell onto a metal skewer that impaled his face, doctors worried how they'd remove it. But Xavier is expected to fully recover.
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TIL about ‘TV pickup,’ a UK phenomenon where breaks in popular television programmes trigger a surge in electricity demand due kettles being switched on simultaneously.
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 10:13PM by Trender_man
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TIL that in the early 1980s, Steve Miller learned that songs earn individual publishing royalties regardless of length. Using this to his advantage, he separated the 57 second long intro from his song "Sacrifice", named it "Electro Lux Imbroglio" and published it, earning thousands as a result.
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 01:38AM by POTUS-Harry-S-Truman
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TIL Emperor Commodus once set up a 14 days long extravaganza in the arena, which crowds were reluctant to attend because of a rumour that he was planning to reenact the stymphalian birds myth, in which "the birds" would be represented by the arena crowd and he would shoot arrows towards them
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 08:57PM by Nero2t2
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Submitted March 8, 2026 at 08:57PM by Nero2t2
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penelope.uchicago.edu
Cassius Dio — Epitome of Book 73
Part of a complete English translation of Dio. Site contains many Greek and Latin texts, translations and related material.
TIL that Richard I or England and Philip II of France shared a bed as sign of friendship and a political unity in 1187.
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 12:16AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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Bbc
The lost ancient practice of communal sleep
Until the mid-19th Century, it was completely normal to share a bed with friends, colleagues and even total strangers. How did people cope? And why did we stop?
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TIL there’s a Brazilian film adaptation of Don Quixote performed entirely by actors with Down syndrome called Down Quixote.
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 05:34AM by Aquiper
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YouTube
Down Quixote | Trailer Legendado
Down Quixote | Trailer Legendado
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Somos o melhor destino para quem busca trailers assim que eles são lançados.
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Assista ao novo trailer de #DownQuixote
Somos o melhor destino para quem busca trailers assim que eles são lançados.
Se você é fã de cinema como a gente, INSCREVA-SE e receba todas as novidades dos seus filmes favoritos!…
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TIL that actresses Carole Landis and Rachel Roberts committed suicide over the end of their respective romantic relationships with actor Rex Harrison (who won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in My Fair Lady)
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 05:54AM by fraisierdesbois
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TIL: The last United States President that didn’t drop a single bomb on a foreign country was: Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 07:27AM by CheckYourStats
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the Guardian
Jimmy Carter: 'We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war'
He may live a modest life in a one-horse town, but Jimmy Carter, now 86, retains his global vision. In Plains, Georgia, Carole Cadwalladr found the 39th US president full of energy… and determined to make a difference
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TIL in ‘76 a movie came out about a company that made an advanced AI, collects data on every person, and has to make data centers to store it. Governments then resort to espionage to try and control it, while the company uses it for political influence. That movie is called Deep Throat Part II.
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 05:49AM by Heretojerk
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Letterboxd
Deep Throat Part II (1974)
Nurse Linda Lovelace works for libidinous sex therapist Dr. Jayson. One of the patients she is treating is Dilbert Lamb, a meek geek who's harboring plans for a top secret government computer. Both…
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TIL Ethiopia uses its own calendar, which is about 7–8 years behind the Gregorian calendar used by most of the world.
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 05:22AM by JahanzaibRj
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Submitted March 9, 2026 at 05:22AM by JahanzaibRj
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Ethiopian Calendar
Ethiopia Time and Date | Current Date and Time in Ethiopia now
Current Ethiopia time and date. Check the exact Ethiopian time and date now. Ethiopia time zone, current local date and time in Ethiopia.