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

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wLAdY TIL of Bear, a "koala detection dog". Wearing special boots to protect his paws from scorched ground, Bear sniffs out koala survivors of Australian bushfires. His previous owners couldn't handle him as he chewed furniture & walls out of boredom, but his need to work made him an ideal detection dog.
v1ZvB TIL that in 2015 an entomologist allowed two botflies to develop to maturity in his skin, because "being a male, this was my only chance to produce another being out of my flesh and blood"
X0YyD TIL the British used the Indian Press Act of 1910 to ban newspapers and jail Indian nationalists for “exciting racial animosity” and "hate" for simply for demanding jobs and independence.
Mel0A TIL that in 2015 a German student used his countries FOIA to request the answers to an upcoming final exam.
5B7P TIL one of the checks which a British nuclear submarine makes to see whether the government is still functioning is whether BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting.