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TIL According to estimates 100.8 billion people have died before us.

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R5nZj TIL that mountain lions kill animals much larger than they can eat in a sitting, because other predators (wolves, bears, etc) will inevitably steal their prey. These carcasses become complete ecosystems to several insects who travel from carcass to carcass.
8x8X TIL The set of “Saved By The Bell” was never completely taken down, and has been used for other shows like “That’s So Raven” and “iCarly.”
kOQbB TIL that when movies want an alien planet they shoot here.
GGL7 TIL that even in today’s sitcoms, a large percentage of the people in the laugh-track have since passed away. Meaning that we watch comedies marked by the laughter of dead people.
b9x7 TIL in 2005 Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased a 400,000-acre (1,600 km2) area of land in the heart of the Amazon rainforest from a logging company for the sole purpose of it’s preservation.