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TIL Tardigrades reproduce by the male getting sucked off by the female over the course of an hour

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XW8E TIL that Patsy Cline was offered a car ride back to Nashville with singer Dottie West. Cline refused, telling West, “Don’t worry about me, Hoss. When it’s my time to go, it’s my time.” Patsy Cline died in a plane crash later that same day.
A6rg TIL that in the Civil War, Generals were 50% more likely to die in combat than Privates
wDWW TIL that grunting in tennis is punishable by losing a point to the opponent. This is because some player’s grunts, like Maria Sharapova’s, whose grunt is nearly equal to that of a lion’s roar, can affect how the opponent returns the ball.
l4R1 TIL that Honeycrisp apples were developed in 1974 by the University of Minnesota and patent royalties have generated more than $10 million by 2011 for the University.
v6XK TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont