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TIL the estimate of the Earth’s tree population, published in Nature, exceeds the number of stars in the Milky Way.

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ANkQB TIL A $250,000 diamond placed on the nose of an F1 car was lost in a crash in the 2004 Monaco GP. It's still missing today.
7ZOp TIL EA sent out Brass Knuckles to games writers to promote The Godfather II game, before asking for them all back shortly afterward upon realizing they were illegal in most states
xV0KD TIL the first ever strike in written records was amongst the workers by the Valley of The Kings in Egypt, around 1170 B.C
9Ylep TIL that microwaves actually heat things by violently shaking the water molecules inside of the object so fast that the friction causes it to heat up.
yVyBV TIL about that time a British Airways flight got grounded because of a smelly poop