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TIL Heather Locklear uses sperm as an anti-aging cream

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LAgv TIL that PayPal had accidentally added $92 quadrillion to a man’s account. (that’s 1,300 times greater than the world’s annual GDP!)
D1yRg TIL that Mountain Lions, Cougars, and Pumas are nearly the exact same animal. The differences between them are similar to the differences between house cats rather than type of cat.
VBMaZ TIL about A-not-A questions. Particularly in Asian languages, yes/no questions are asked by repeating the verb, for example "you watch not watch movie", and is answered by repeating the verb "watch" or "not watch". This can reduce confusion when answering questions.
yQnLJ TIL of Jhatka, a Hinduist butchering practice according to which an animal must be killed suddenly with a single blow, and "the animal must not be scared or shaken in any way before the slaughter".
woLeP TIL rock star Billy Joel is half-brother to European conductor Alexander Joel. Their shared father's journey from Germany to the US and back to Europe includes a sad tale of a successful business essentially stolen by the Nazis.