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

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x6XDw TIL that that a “hoedown” dance is called as such because it is based on the movements of hoeing corn and potatoes, which was the primary entertainment at hoedown parties.
j6rvj TIL: The Berklee School of Music was named after the founders son: Lee Elliot Berk.
vPv8B TIL about the Battle of Crysler’s Farm where a British-Canadian force managed to hold off an American army nearly 10x their size.
1aaV8 TIL In 2008, a British 19-year-old officially changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."
XEv6j TIL that the famed Allied spy Nancy Wake cycled 500 km (310 mi) in three days. She and her radio operator was ambushed and was forced to flee, leaving the radio, so she cycled to the nearest resistance radio and back in three days.