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TIL There are approximately 3.04 TRILLION trees on Earth. More than the number of stars and planets in the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies combined.

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Lkbd9 TIL Ottoman Sultan Bayezid and Tamerlane frequently trash-talked eachother by exchanging letters filled with personal insults
aJR9 TIL French revolutionary soldier Jean Bernadotte had “Death to Kings!” tattooed on his chest. He later went on to become King of Sweden and Norway
jLgM TIL that, on a pay-per-text plan, phone companies markup text messages by as much as 6,500% over their cost
R7YWa TIL in the 1860s, before he invented Coca-Cola, John Pemberton created French Wine Coca which was wine mixed with cocaine, and when ingested forms the drug cocaethylene which is 20 times deadlier than cocaine itself. The drink was so popular that the Pope allegedly carried a flask of it with him.
p80Le TIL: The Meisterschale has enough space to fit the next Bundesliga champions until 2026