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TIL international sperm bank Cryo -- the world's largest -- no longer accepts donations from red-haired men. According to its director, "We have nothing against red-haired donors. We just have too much in stock relative to demand... unlike in Ireland, where redheads' sperm goes like hotcakes."

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kOnOB TIL that Canadian country folk singer and songwriter Taylor Mitchell was killed by a pair of coyotes while hiking in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Her death is the only known fatal coyote attack on an adult as well as the only known fatal coyote attack on a human ever confirmed in Canada
epkRk TIL some people in Guangzhou (广州, China, 18 m people) call their city 'Guangkanda' (广坎达) because of the presence of a small African community
GAlo5 TIL Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico) come together
woZpE TIL the last Confederate general to surrender in the US Civil War was a Native American named Stand Watie
9VO6 TIL In 1994, Aerosmith became the first major band to premiere a new song on the Internet. Over 10,000 CompuServe subscribers download the free track “Head First” within its first eight days of availability.