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TIL that Harvard used to have its own porn magazine

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84Pb TIL the DNA information in a single sperm contains 37.5 MB worth of data. Which means that an average ejaculation almost instantly transfers roughly 1,500 terabytes of data.
15Wd TIL that ZZ Top refused a $1,000,000 offer from Gilette to shave their beards for an ad.
mxnLO TIL that Olivia de Haviland and Joan Fontaine were sisters and lifelong rivals. They were born 15 months apart and were rivals as kids. When Joan won an Oscar against her sister in 1942, she ignored Olivia’s congratulations. 5 years later Olivia did the same to Joan when she won.
loBgB TIL of a spider called Bagheera kiplingi who is known for its peculiar diet, which, uniquely for a spider, is mostly herbivorous. No other known spider has such a thoroughly herbivorous diet.
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