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TIL: Sperm from fire ant populations is capable of eliminating DNA from female ovum, essentially producing a clone of the male.

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PYr0L TIL in France, private DNA paternity testing is illegal, punishable by up to a year in prison and a €15,000 fine.
xMQ5 TIL Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos still drives his 1996 Honda Accord. That model today costs around $4000.
nPjW TIL that in the 1980s pop juggernauts Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury were making a highly anticipated album together but had a falling out after finishing only three tracks. Michael objected to Freddie’s excessive cocaine use, and Freddie didn’t want Michael’s pet llama Louie in the studio.
VRlD TIL in 1990, George Steinbrenner was Banned from Baseball for Life - Only to be reinstated 3 years later.
4XLZg TIL: 1 Gram of Antimatter costs approximately 62 trillion dollars.