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1a9D8 TIL that the vas deferens can regenerate (grow back) even if as much as five centimeters (two inches) of it have been surgically removed.
9JVX TIL BB King names all of his guitars “Lucille” after a woman who was the subject of a fight between two men during one of his shows in 1949. During the fight, a fire was started, in which BB King ran back inside to retrieve his beloved $30 Gibson guitar, nearly killing him in the process.
9wEND TIL producer Christopher Nolan initially opposed & tried to change director Zack Snyder & writer David Goyer's idea to have Superman kill Zod at the end of Man of Steel. He told them "There's no way you can do this". However, Goyer convinced him with a scene where Superman killing Zod saves a family
8elKK TIL: The first item/invention to break the sound barrier was the whip. The cracking is a sonic boom.
WkjwN TIL that the pen caps have holes in them to prevent suffocation, in case they were swallowed. As roughly 100 people die in the US each year from choking on pen lids