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TIL There are roughly 10 quadrillion ants on earth

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0dwRL TIL in 1895, Georges Polti proposed 36 general plotlines which categorise every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.
nWrKd TIL people living near a former atomic weapon plant in Washington state have increased thyroid cancer rates and nervous system tumors
PYvNG TIL that deer antlers are pretty much bone cancer. '"Deer antlers [are] using essentially a controlled form of bone cancer growth," says Edward Davis[...]. The involvement of the tumor-promoting genes isn't surprising, he says; what is surprising is the involvement of the cancer-controlling genes.'
vP4N8 TIL, in the year 2003, Maywood Chemical Works — now owned by Stepan Company — imported more than 385,000 pounds of coca leaf for Coca-Cola, enough to make $200 million of cocaine, all of which legally had to be destroyed, likely by incineration.
yQvBv TIL: Melody Roads (invented in Japan) are highways that play songs. Grooves on the road surface cause a vibration and audible rumbling to be transmitted through the wheels and into the car in the form of a musical tune.