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TIL that roughly 67% of the earth is under cloud cover at any given point of time.

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AbEa TIL that the estimated number of individual insects currently hopping, crawling or flying around our planet at any given moment is about 10 quintillion, meaning there are about 2 billion insects for every human being.
vWgL TIL of Tycho Brahe, an enormously rich 16th century Danish astronomer, who is well known for his pet moose that accompanied him everywhere and developed a strong taste for beer, eventually becoming so intoxicated at a party that it fell down a flight of stairs and died from subsequent injuries
KYVa6 TIL that the first artificial christmas tree was made out of goose feathers
VB6rZ TIL about The Bohemian Twins. Their death was predicted by Ouija board. They were exhibited at local fairs from the age of one. Seen hereith Rosa's son they lived from 1878-1922. The only siames twin to bear a viable child.
dwB8 TIL that there are more native Spanish speakers in the US than there are in Spain