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TIL about raspy crickets who produce silk and are unrelated to silkworms

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W7MW4 TIL that during puberty more melanin is released by certain cells, causing the penis and nipples to get darker than the other parts of the body.
VMZL4 TIL about the Stroke Belt, an 11-state region in the Southern US where the chances of getting a Stroke are 34% higher for the general population than it is in the rest of the country. Despite many hypotheses, the cause is still unknown.
won16 TIL Ari Nagel aka "The Sperminator" has fathered over 100 children. He turns down no woman and doesn't charge for his services, although he pays child support for several of them. Three documentaries, including The Baby Daddy (2022) and Spermworld (2024), have featured his contributions.
vPZeR TIL an 18kg sapphire was mined in Madagascar in 1995. It was carved into a 61,500 carat crystal featuring 134 different individuals in milestones in human history, paying tribute to humanity.
1aPWX TIL brainfuck is an esoteric programming language whose compiler uses only 240 bytes of memory making it around 11,000 times smaller than the C++ compiler.