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TIL in 2007 in Arizona, an earth fissure killed a horse that fell into a crack and couldn’t be freed

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9wkWD TIL: Keeping your cell phone in your front pants pocket meaningfully reduces your testosterone and your sperm quality.
egyn TIL that the first person to discover sperm, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, kept his discovery secret for 23 years out of fear of embarrassment.
vPBJr TIL that from 1969 to 1971, shortly after it's closing, Alcatraz Island was taken over and occupied by Indigenous Indians to protest the use of their land for the prison
ne9P9 TIL that one out of six people in the United States has genital herpes. Almost 90% of them - that's more than 48 million Americans - don’t know they have it.
QPMk TIL you can suppress your gag reflex by making a fist with your left hand while you squeeze your left thumb.