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TIL Rats and mice have hooked sperms and in some species they hook together to make a daisy chain that can swim faster

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W7vmN TIL Freddie Mercury was a passionate stamp collector. He amassed an impressive collection from countries all around the world, which is now preserved by the British Postal Museum.
LYoZ TIL The family of the Columbine shooters had to pay $2.5 million in restitution for the victims
DdVe TIL that from 1934 to 1976, Sweden forcibly sterilized over 62,000 people, mostly ethnic minorities such as Gypsies, as well as rebellious young people.
ANLEn TIL that Stephen Lee was one of three anti-Apartheid activists who escaped from Pretoria Prison in 1979. In 1980, the warden in charge that night was put on trial for aiding their escape. Lee wrote a letter to a South African newspaper proclaiming his innocence. The warden was eventually acquitted.
v1pKr TIL that The Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest by over 1000 years, is also the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.