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TIL that the main riff from Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple is derived from Beethoven's 5th symphony.

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p5le TIL that Prince Charles charges a wildlife trust one daffodil per year to lease several small islands from him.
gomA TIL Humanity has produced an estimated 108 billion individual people over the past 50,000 years. That means today’s 7 billion people represent about 6.5 percent of everyone who’s ever lived.
mxb8x TIL that 65% of the world drinks goat milk over cow milk.
6KkY TIL there was a county in Tennessee that, during the Civil War, decided not to join the Confederacy. Instead, Scott County seceded and formed the Free State of Scott. It didn’t officially rejoin Tennessee until 1986.
rlyx TIL a tree, believed to be at least 3000 years old was cut down in 1964 by a grad student. The reason why is still in dispute. The tree was later proven to be at least 4864 years old and likely more than 5000. It was more than 1000 years old when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.