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TIL that lichens cover about 7% of the Earth's surface; about the same size as the Indian Ocean

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9Ev7 TIL a Comcast employee changed a customers first name to ‘Asshole’, which appeared on letters sent to him.
J1Ddk TIL that the Great Indian Bustard was a prime candidate for the National bird of India, but was sidelined due to fear of misspelling it as the Great Indian Bastard!
a8n6N TIL English football (soccer) team Derby County's stadium from 1889 to 2003 was called the "Baseball Ground". It was originally built for baseball, which had a brief vogue in England in the 1890s, but the last baseball game played there was in 1898.
GAvb7 TIL the sun is not on fire. It produces heat and light through nuclear fusion rather than burning matter using oxygen.
LkRXV TIL that poultry farming is associated with 9 times higher pancreatic cancer risk