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TIL sperm counts in the Western world have declined nearly 60% since the 1970s

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VkOp TIL that when two British sailors saw the ancient Roman column ‘Pompey’s Pillar’ in 1803, they climbed it, flew a Union Jack, affixed a weather vane to the top, ate steaks and toasted King George III.
xVxp0 TIL about Denny, the first remains discovered of a half-Denisovan, half-Neanderthal human
jNrRp TIL Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal, was plagued by corruption accusations from his peers after the war. After his death he was buried away from Rome with the inscription "Thankless country, thou shalt not possess even my bones" on his tomb
Lk5rp TIL A young Judy Garland was slapped by the director, Victor Fleming, during the filming of The Wizard of Oz, just because she laughed during a scene with the cowardly lion.
ABeg TIL we forget the majority of our dreams so that we do not confuse them for real memories