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TIL that there's an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) insects alive at any moment, meaning that there's about 124 million animals per acre of land

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KOANJ TIL the Polish Beer-Lovers' Party, a satirical political party, won 16 seats in Poland's lower house in the 1991 election. The party soon split into Large Beer and Small Beer factions, despite their founder's claims that "beer is neither light nor dark, it is tasty". The party eventually dissolved.
Lk91v TIL: About "violent grief response" A phenomenon where family members attack doctors or hospital staff immediately after being informed of a loved one's death
Eg9MW TIL Jerome Jacobson led a fraud scheme during the McDonald's Monopoly Game in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He worked for Simon Marketing, the company who distributed the pieces, and generated millions in illegal profits. The FBI caught the perpetrators during an operation called "Final Answer."
OGLg1 TIL that scientists grew a 'mini-brain on the move' that can contract muscle
M71m TIL Emma Thompson used to torment Stephen Fry by surprising him at the top of his stairs naked and locking all the doors on the bottom floor so he couldn’t escape.