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TIL In 2020 Scientists found the world's oldest sperm inside a crustacean trapped in amber 100 million years ago.

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5YbGr TIL Costco’s Chief Operations Officer once told co-founder Jim Sinegal they needed to raise the price of their $1.50 hotdog-soda combo. Jim responded “If you raise the effing hot dog, I’ll kill you. Figure it out.” Costco ended up building its own hot dog-manufacturing plant to keep the prices low.
8aQ4L TIL that there are approximately 100,000 active phone booths still left in the USA
4k87b TIL that, besides sickle cells, there are nine other types of Pokilocytes or misshapen red blood cells. These include: spherocytes (round), elliptocytes (oval) and dacrocytes (tear-drop). The causes and effects are as varied as the shapes.
VBW6p TIL that Formula One driver David Coulthard survived a plane crash in which both pilots died, before attending the Spanish Grand Prix not long after
raK1 TIL The domesticated dog evolved from a tamer version of the gray wolf. Based on DNA evidence, researchers currently believe the dog was domesticated in Asia at least 15,000 years ago, with some scientists arguing that dogs and humans have been partners for as long as 100,000 years.