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TIL there are 1.2 billion insects for every human on earth

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6Eb7Q TIL Tovstonogov Great Drama Theatre adapted Anton Chekhov's play - "The Cherry Orchard" in Minecraft
VBK4D TIL in the 1940s and 50s, a vast labyrinth of subterranean tunnels were dug into the frozen permafrost underneath Novy Port in Siberia for cold storage. It's been called the world’s largest natural refrigerator. The tunnels run for more than a kilometer and has some 200 small side tunnels and caves.
8aAo8 TIL Julius Caesar had an affair with the sister of his political rival to needle him. Her son and son in law later became lead conspirators in the plot to assassinate Caesar.
kJ77e TIL golfer LPGA founder Patty Berg won 15 majors and was also a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve during World War II, and, as a teen, played quarterback—and was the only girl—on the 50th Street Tigers football team in Minneapolis
Owdg TIL when a millionaire gave everyone in a Florida neighborhood free daycare and free college scholarships, the crime rate was cut in half and the graduation rate jumped from 25% to 100%. He did this after being fired from Walt Disney World because his bosses didn’t think he could be a ‘company man’