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TIL Germany has more deaths from alcohol, than the US has from firearms (per capita, 2020)

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VMjb8 TIL Wyoming's largest city, Cheyenne, only has a population of 63,235.
kO8ld TIL that we were not the 'fastest sperm', but rather the lucky ones that reached the egg after many others have broken down the thick layers of cells protecting it.
BYK TIL that Michael Bay got his start in the film industry by interning with George Lucas when he was fifteen, filing the storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Impressed by the experience, he decided to become a director.
QN8rE TIL that in 1971–1972 the Indonesian New Order government launched "Operasi Koteka" ("Operation Penis Gourd") to encourage the Papuan people to wear shorts and shirts because such clothes were considered more "modern" compared to their traditional Koteka, which is a penis sheath.
nedQB TIL that there is a form of telephone fraud called the "one ring scam," in which the scammer calls the victim via the area code (473) at times in which the victim is unable to take the call, and then when the victim calls back an automatic $20 fee is charged to their account for making the call.