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TIL that eating nuts improves your sperm count and quality

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EapV TIL Red heads require 20% more anaesthesia then normal during surgery
4Xab5 TIL a major factor for Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union was that political rival Leon Trotsky missed Vladimir Lenin’s funeral - because Stalin gave Trotsky the wrong date.
4XD1a TIL about Sir Nils Olav III, a chief-in-command of the Norwegian King's Guard, and is also a penguin.
BrW4K TIL that the most weight gained for a role was 70 lbs (32 kg), which Vincent D'Onofrio did for Pvt. Leonard Lawrence in "Full Metal Jacket." The role was initially written as a "skinny ignorant redneck," but director Stanley Kubrick felt the character would have more impact if he was big and clumsy.
QJ16d TIL Tutankhamun's original name was "Tutankhaten," as his parents worshiped the god Aten. When he was king, he changed his name to promote a transition back to the old religion (with Amun being the king of the gods).