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TIL that sperm counts among western men have halved in last 40 years

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bQd9 TIL Golf is the only sport that allows for fans, sitting at home, to call (or e-mail) with rules infractions.
epAwD TIL about Ghostwatch, a BBC program where in a live broadcast style, they investigated an alleged poltergeist, which unraveled into various people becoming possessed, including the host. At least one death is attributed to this broadcast.
yQWL8 TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.
16Zbr TIL that unlike France and Germany, the Dutch take offense to foreign media dubbed in their native language and would prefer to watch them with Dutch subtitles
EZxX TIL That in 1992, Pope John Paul II apologized for the church’s harsh treatment of Galileo Galilei for his idea that the Earth went around the Sun.