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TIL that every dog testicle examined in a study contained microplastics. So did human testicles

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p8ew8 TIL In the early days of his career, Sylvester Stallone was so poor that he sold his dog Butkus for $50. After striking it rich by selling the script for Rocky, Stallone bought him back at a markup: $3,000. Both Butkus and his interim owner made appearances in Rocky.
Lgdv TIL That a $34 million SR-71 Blackbird fell apart in mid-air due to a 2 inch piece of duct tape
4Mkw TIL, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, 50% of Americans couldn’t come up with $2,000 in 30 days, and another 19% would have to pawn or sell some of their possessions to do so.
X046 TIL that Norway with it’s 5 million population, consume 9% of the annual Pepsi Max sales. That’s 22 litres per inhabitant
gw4X TIL that the average scalp has 100-150 thousand hairs. Hair is so strong that if you made all of your hair into a rope, it could hold 10-15 tons…