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TIL that sperm can be derived from bone marrow. Same-sex, and even self-fertilization is plausible.

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nWJeW TIL: when Bob Dylan was touring Scotland in 1966. A waiter arrived at the hotel room they were staying at. Then shouted Fk him" and “you’re a fking traitor to folk music” and pulled out a knife. But he was disarmed by Dylan’s bodyguard.
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