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TIL that there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. In fact, there are around 422 trees per person on earth.

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wGRJ TIL Restaurants often serve a fish called Escolar, disguised to be Tuna on the menu. Eating too much of this fish, more than 6 ounces, will cause explosive, oily, uncontrollable orange diarrhea. Accidents can also happen while passing gas.
AMEn TIL in 2013 a female professor gave a public lecture on men’s issues at the University of Ottawa. She was repeatedly interrupted by a group of about 30 students shouting and blasting horns. The talk was moved to another room, but somebody pulled the fire alarm, which effectively shut it down.
5YpPP TIL Metallica Feeds the Hungry on Every Stop of Their World Tour
MZ8 TIL All of Earth’s mineable gold came from meteorites, since the Earth’s original gold was all pulled into the core
Zpa5G TIL A school superindent in Texas resigned after accusations of a history of bullying and plagerism with a golden parachute of over $1 million.