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TIL there is an estimated 10 quintillion individual bugs alive on earth right now

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VBypQ TIL in Iraq, Suleiman Qassab attempted to open McDonalds chains in the country but failed due to sanctions against Iraq imposed during the rule of Saddam Hussein. He founded MaDonal in response.
ENEV TIL that the pink triangle, rendered in hot pink as a gay pride and gay rights symbol, was originally rendered in pink and used pointed downward on a Nazi concentration camp badge to denote homosexual men.
p81le TIL Collapse of Compassion. Which states if the number of people in need of help increases, the amount of compassion people would feel toward the people decreases.
woy9E TIL Greece demanded return of the Elgin Marbles in 1830, nine years after becoming a nation - a request rejected as of now.
d8W6d TIL about the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, which was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. It's now known as the Great Carrier Reef.