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TIL Approximately a billion people are infected with the roundworm Ascaris

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X0vXR TIL Mangrove can sweat/exert salt, resulting in salt crystals left on the leaves
Lk1km TIL that sea otters have the densest hair in the world, ranging from about 26,000 to 165,000 hairs per square centimeter.
4kMeo TIL that in 1992 Detroit News compared a theoretical performance of Godzilla unleashed upon 1972 Detroit in Sim City to the outcome of two decades of rule by mayor Coleman Young and came to a conclusion that Detroit would be better off with the monster
JYGEv TIL that Norway has the world's first Bicycle Escalator built on a long, uphill road to help tired cyclists (or parents with baby strollers), and encourage cycling in the city.
j64rM TIL there is only one recorded case of a human adult being killed by coyotes.