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TIL the average man ejaculates 14 gallons (63.6 L) of semen in their lifetime. That’s enough to fill the tank of a small car!

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8OKb TIL The United States almost converted completely to the Metric System with the Metric Conversion Act of 1975. Reluctance and the Reagan administration’s effort to reduce federal spending prevented it.
KYgKa TIL 'Footloose' the movie, is based on a real place of Elmore, OK which banned dancing between 1898 to 1980
a8doL TIL about the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon's English-speaking west, between separatists and (Francophone) Cameroon. Atleast 6,000 people have died and over 700,000 people have been displaced.
4XeG6 TIL that “Idaho” was not a Native American word as originally thought but rather a made-up word. “To his horror, he found that he had been the victim of a practical joke. [He]learned, to his surprise, that the name did not mean, "gem of the mountains"...In fact, it did not mean anything at all.”
6nZQ TIL every time Io passes into Jupiter’s shadow, Io’s atmosphere freezes solid and smashes into the surface. When Io moves back into sunlight, the frozen atmosphere thaws and returns to a gas.