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TIL there are more trees on our planet than stars in the Milky Way

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BKex TIL that sloths only poop once a week and it’s called the poo dance
b9MEQ TIL that shortly after the death of Harambe the gorilla, his sperm was extracted from his corpse in order to preserve genetic diversity and prevent his bloodline from dying out
AN6x7 TIL When the B-52 Bomber retires from the US Air Force it will have served for over 100 years.
mXaY TIL more than 2,500 of the 3,250 crosswalk buttons in New York City function essentially as mechanical placebos. They haven’t worked since the late 1980’s.
7eXM TIL that General Patton had a years long affair with his niece starting when she was 17 and continuing on through WWII