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TIL There are more ants alive today, than hours of time since the Big Bang.

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7e5r TIL the Olympic flame in 1976 traveled by radio waves to a laser that lit the cauldron.
W7pN4 TIL that Alexander Hamilton's great-great-grandson, Pierpont Morgan Hamilton, was a veteran of both World Wars, and was awarded the Portuguese Order of Christ, the Order of the British Empire, the Legion of Merit, and the Medal of Honor during WW2, and was promoted a Major General after WW2.
wLbBP TIL the 'Red Admiral' butterfly has nothing to do with the navy, and is in fact a corruption of its' original name: Red Admirable
wEn8 TIL that Jon Bon Jovi has a community restaurant that has no prices listed for the food - you pay for it if you can afford to, or volunteer in the kitchen in exchange for meals.
JYEDk TIL that in Churchill, Canada, locals keep their car doors unlocked in order to provide other residents a quick escape, should they encounter a polar bear