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TIL Earth is believed to be home to approximately one trillion species, with only a fraction of one percent actually documented.

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8OPa TIL we laugh when we’re tickled because our brain believes we are about to be injured (ticklish spots are also spots of vulnerability) and is using laughter to convey submission to an aggressor
8PQL TIL there exists a drug, Scopolamine, that is used by criminals to turn victims into mindless zombies, doing whatever they are told to
LkLe0 TIL that New Zealand has more gangs per capita than any other country in the world, with about seventy major gangs and 6,500 patched or prospective gang members in the country of 4.8 million.
p8nrZ TIL that between 1991 to 1995, Street fighter 2 arcade machines took an estimated $2.312 billion in revenue. Adjusted for inflation that is $4.15 billion in modern money.
e0kg TIL that astronauts who live in space for extended periods of time are at risk for developing solipsism syndrome- “a psychological state in which a person feels that the world is not external to his or her mind.”