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TIL that there are 22 people still alive who are verified born in the 1800s. Only one of them is male.

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e1Y5 TIL: Over the course of two weeks, a single human male produces enough sperm to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.
1aeoV TIL that in 1992, Paul Lynch completed 124 consecutive push-ups over approximately 5 minutes using only his finger.
b986j TIL that sperm whales can vocalize at 230 decibels, which is about 100 decibels more than a jet engine (from 100 feet away). The sound is so loud that, if close enough, it can paralyze or even kill a human by vibrating their body to death.
GYX05 TIL Jimmy Carter still lives in the same $167,000 house he built in Georgia in 1961 and shops at Dollar General
nWrZP TIL that networks were created to help German Nazis to flee Europe after World War II. Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann made it to South America using the system. The Escape routes are called ratlines because of the way rats cling together to save themselves on a sinking ship.