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TIL that sperm can remain viable inside a woman's vagina for up to 5 days.

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RwV1 TIL in 1990, parents sued Judas Priest over their son’s suicide, claiming a song contained the words “Do it” when listened to backwards. Judas Priest won the case, and said if they did add subliminal messages, it would have said “Buy seven records”
9w8wp TIL that rock singer Andrew W.K. has been recognized by the American Association Of Suicidology for his philosophy of partying - a philosophy that promotes happy living and the search of joy through partying.
9Y5nX TIL its Bachelor's Day in Ireland. It is an Irish tradition that takes place on Leap Day. Women can initiate dancing and propose a marriage. If the proposal was rejected, the man was expected to buy the woman a silk dress or, by the mid-20th century, a fur coat.
R7kAj TIL that after Prussia had it’s army limited to 42,000 men, the King of Prussia enrolled that number of permitted men for a year, then dismissed them and enrolled another group of the same size for the next year, and so on, eventually resulting in having an army of 420,000 trained men
4kmeo TIL about Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities, quasi anarchist communities of 300k people existing since 1994 in the middle of Mexico... and still working well 30 years later!