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TIL There are roughly 10 quadrillion ants on earth

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DQ7LD TIL about Red Dog. From 1971 - 1979, an Australian Cattle dog nicknamed "Red Dog" hitched rides all over the Western Australian Outback from truckers and bus drivers. He was even given a bank account at one point.
p8YJp TIL that prior to the 1970's the 2nd Amendment wasn't interpreted as an individual's right to bear arms, and that it has an entirely unnecessary comma.
p8O88 TIL The singer behind the 'Dawson's Creek' theme song is bitter that the show used her song and angry now that it's been replaced on DVD and streaming services.
woOwE TIL that in the 1970s Hostess paid DC to run ads in DC comic books, and each one was a one-page comic that led to the villain getting stopped thanks to Hostess fruit pies or Twinkies.
5Ywj8 TIL the longest continuously operating university in the Americas is in Peru. The National University of San Marcos is 468 years old, founded in 1551 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.