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TIL Naked mole rats are immune to cancer

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ANwog TIL that there are more trees on earth than there are stars in the milky way [3 trillion to 400 billion]
0d0py TIL There is a type of animal migration called a Lessepsian migration, which describes any migration facilitated by man-made structures. It is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat in charge of the Suez Canal's construction, which has facilitated over 1000 invasive species.
e0k0J TIL the airport in which "The Terminal" was shot was a massive failure. Traffic predictions were grossly overestimated, the highways to link it to Montréal were never built and its terminal was insulated with asbestos. It hasn't received passengers since 2004 and the terminal was destroyed in 2016.
gMb8 TIL sales of Swiss Army Knives dropped by almost 40% immediately after 9/11
N7eab TIL Popeye muttered under his breath because his animation was done before the voices were recorded and the voice actor ad-libbed stuff to help his dialog synch up