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TIL ruts leftover from the wagon trains traveling the Oregon Trial, are still visible today.

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x6aeo TIL a single strand of human hair can support the weight of 100g
dKK7 TIL Male Bed Bugs inject their sperm into the female (& male) by puncturing the body wall as the female has no natural opening for reception of his sperm.
RRZ4 TIL that Stan Lee didn’t use his given name (Stanley Lieber) for his comics, because he was saving it for when he wrote serious literature
A94o TIL there are two 1993 pornographic parody films of the Super Mario Bros. video games, titled ‘Super Hornio Brothers’ I & II. In order to halt their distribution, Nintendo purchased the rights to the series, making it the family-friendly company’s first foray into the adult film industry.
KYAdG TIL that the record for longest time without sleep was set in 1963 when 17 year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake on purpose for 11 straight days.