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TIL There are more trees on earth than there are stars in the milky way galaxy.

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pDyQ TIL Philadelphia has a “consecrated hermit” who lives in a rowhouse he bought for $1.00.
OoGD1 TIL During the California Gold Rush a Chinese laundry man named John-John washed enough gold dust out of pants cuffs and shirttails of miners to set himself up for life.
VQRp TIL Yuichi Nishimura the controversal ref from Croatia vs. Brazil once red carded the wrong Chinese player due to mistaken identity
J1r4B TIL Warsaw, Poland uses 8 clams to detect the purity of the drinking water. If 6 or more clams suddenly close their shells for at least 4 minutes, it sets off an alarm that toxins have been detected.
w6EW TIL that the Apollo astronauts were denied life insurance. So before each mission, they would autograph hundreds of pictures that their families could sell in case they died.