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TIL of the The Ténéré Tree, which was the most isolated tree in the world for 300 years, 250 miles from any other in Niger’s Sahara Desert, until it was knocked over by a truck driver in 1973

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 6:01 am

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TIL that the Sahara Desert ( known for being the world’s hottest desert) used to be a tropical rainforest about 6,000 years ago.

by whatilearned September 1, 2022, 12:48 am

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TIL the movie Sahara (2005) was plagued with production problems which doubled its budget from $80M to $160M, lawsuits among the crew and being accused of violations of international law. It made $119M but failed to recoup its costs and is listed among the biggest box office failures of all time

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 6:27 pm

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I would drag my nuts clear across the Sahara desert just to have a chance to suck the cock of the last man that fucked this woman

by CopyPastaArchive May 11, 2022, 1:01 pm

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TIL It sometimes snows in the Sahara Desert; even as recently as January 2022

by whatilearned April 13, 2022, 4:36 am

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TIL about Hadara, The Ostrich Boy. He got separated from his parents when he was 2 year-old in the Sahara desert, where he was adopted and raised by Ostriches until he was rescued 10 years later.

by whatilearned March 29, 2022, 7:35 pm

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TIL that the dust from Sahara Desert provides valuable phosphorous to the Amazon rainforest, allowing the latter to thrive.

by whatilearned December 1, 2021, 11:37 am

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TIL of the Moroccan Western Sahara wall. In 1987 the Moroccan government completed a 2700km sand wall to keep out guerilla fighters from the Polisario front, a Western Saharan independence movement. The minebelt that runs along the wall is thought to be the world’s longest continuous minefield.

by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 6:32 pm

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I want to be a Sub Sahara Africa historian. Is that possible

by HistoryBuff November 8, 2021, 10:49 am

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TIL about the Lady Be Good, a World War II bomber that accidentally flew deep into the Sahara desert. When fuel ran low, the crew bailed out and attempted to walk back to base, dying of dehydration one by one. The crew’s remains and the wreckage of the plane were found more than 15 years later.

by whatilearned October 19, 2021, 1:05 pm

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TIL the Richat Structure in Mauritania, a 30-mile wide geological formation sometimes called the “Eye of Africa”, is visible from space and once served as a geographical landmark for early astronauts as they passed over the Sahara.

by whatilearned October 15, 2021, 3:30 pm

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Is the vast Sahara Desert the main explanation to why sub-Saharan Africa was historically under-developed and insulated from other cultures?

by HistoryBuff October 7, 2021, 8:36 am

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