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The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from New York to Los Angeles.
The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from New York to Los Angeles.

The Sahara Desert was once a lush oasis inhabited by galloping crocodiles (~100 million years ago)
The Sahara Desert blows sand all the way to the Amazon, recharging it's minerals, fertilizing the rainforest
Sahara, in Arabic, means desert, so ‘desert desert’ in Arabic.
The Sahara Desert is roughly the size of the entire United States.
The Sahara is in a dry phase and will be green again in 15,000 years.