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TIL "Sperm" is short for "spermatozoon"

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dyLE TIL Congo’s president Mobutu publicly stated that “It’s okay to steal a little”, which was consistent with the national mentality that whatever the country had was also yours, as long it is just a little.
gpY7 TIL The number of aircraft destroyed during WWII is greater than the number of aircraft that currently exist in the entire world today.
dDAyK TIL, canines have a more sensitive CFF of up to 80Hz or 80 flickers per second. "This might explain why most dogs cannot be planted in front of the television to engage them, it doesn't look real."
5D6k TIL over 100 Firefighters a year are arrested for arson.
MeN1m TIL only two male solo artists have had top 40 hits in the each of the last four decades: Michael Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic.