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TIL that There are more trees on Earth than Stars in the Milky Way

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PYBQV TIL due to Chinese espionage and infiltration in Nazi Germany in WWII, the Chinese under Chiang Kai-shek's government were able to warn Stalin that Germany was planning to attack the Soviet Union in the spring of 1941, several months before the commencement of Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941.
ADyGg TIL after inflation adjustment, the highest paid TV star of all time is Ray Romano for Everybody Loves Raymond
dDa49 TIL despite his movies frequently bombing in the US Adam Sandler is massively popular on the international market and in Latin America especially.
jN08v TIL Dr. Seuss used his full name, Theodore Geisel, until he was caught drinking alcohol in his college room when the consumption of alcohol was illegal in the U.S. He was forcefully resigned from working on the school magazine, but he still sneaked in his work under his middle name, Seuss.
KOd5R TIL that the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have been held by one and the same Muslim family since 1517. This is a way of maintaining a neutral guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, since the church is split between multiple Christian denominations.