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TIL "Sperm" is short for "spermatozoon"

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1aGVr TIL that because of the Universe's expansion, a signal from an event happening at present will never reach the Earth if the event is more than 16 billion light years away
ADmjl TIL that your eyes can change in accordance with their environment. Looking at things close up (reading, computer games and photos ect.) Will cause your eyes to grow causing myopia. One of the major reasons behind China's 90% myopia rates.
KOxn9 Today I learned that Jews were blamed for The Black Death.
Ga9g TIL “beehive fences” (spaced along the edge of their property) in Africa help farmers ward off elephants without harming them, while also producing honey that they can sell in addition to other crops.
v1MOx TIL Capuchin monkeys at Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age'