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

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nedj9 TIL that ticks and mites can smell the breath of its target, e.g. human. Then they come out of their shelter to attack breathing target. Ticks have special unique organs (called olfactoreceptors) that can smell carbon dioxide that comes out when you're breathing.
ADvon TIL that while humans make up just 0.06 gigatons of the world's biomass (just 0.01%) they have destroyed over 450 gigatons of biomass over the pass 10,000 years.
WJ09 TIL Nintendo refuses to do movies based off of their games because of the critically panned Super Mario Bros. movie.
nKRW TIL there’s a building in Toronto that has its windows coated with 24 karat gold leaf, worth over $1,000,000.
QNlVp TIL gecko feet don't work like glue, suction cups, or velcro; by changing the angle of the hairs on their feet, geckos can sync-up the movement of electrons in the hairs and the electrons on the surface they want to walk on, generating van der Waals forces that adhere them to walls/ceilings at will