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TIL In 2003, a man mailed himself to Texas from New York

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l7GX7 TIL female bats of some species are able to store sperm inside their reproductive tracts for several months. In this way, they can mate in the autumn but conceive in the spring, and thus avoid raising young in the middle of winter. Some animals can store sperm for years.
Yp8lx TIL Lightning is a source of fixed nitrogen, and thus nitrate. Nitrogen in the atmosphere is highly stable and nonreactive due to the triple bond between atoms in the N2 molecule. Lightning produces enough energy and heat to break this bond allowing nitrogen atoms to react with oxygen, forming NOx.
a84Mo TIL; Flushing a toilet with the lid down could reduce airborne particles by as much as 50%.
6EnAZ TIL about scotch barrel sizes including tuns and butts. For those interested, a shit tun is 2 butt loads.
8aAwG TIL that Jack Daniel learned to distill whiskey from a slave