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TIL that mouse sperm team up in a “Sperm Train” to get to the fertilization site faster.

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Mo7A TIL that most maps are lying to you about how big Africa really is. It’s so big that it can hold the US, Mexico, China, Western Europe and most of India.
Y7v4x Today I learned about a place in New Zealand called TaumatawhakatangihangaKōauauoTamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu -This place holds the record for having the longest name of a place in the world, with a whopping 85 characters.
wpGJ TIL There is only one pig in all of Afghanistan. His name is Khanzir, which is Arabic for pig, and he lives in the Kabul Zoo.
R7Ql4 TIL That Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
44vJ TIL that 45 of the top ‘50 cities in the world by murder rate’ are in the Americas