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TIL A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information. One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875 GB.

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R7Q4j TIL about the "Pilgrim Army", a group of 15000 crusaders who were blown off course to the holy land and made to stop in Portugal where the King convinced them to help defeat the Moors in return for anything they could plunder, the majority elected to retire in Lisbon afterward.
ne7Ab TIL the Sand Octopus lacks color changing organs (chromatophores) so They shoot jets of water to create quick sand and then blast almost a foot into the ground... then they secrete a mucus to reinforce the walls of their predator proof bunker and use one arm to create a ventilation “chimney”
ne77Y TIL of the French Red Zone. WW1 areas in France with access still forbidden today. The area is saturated with unexploded shells (including gas shells), grenades and rusty ammo. Soils heavily polluted by lead, mercury, chlorine, arsenic, various dangerous gases, acids, and human and animal remains
Yvgx TIL when Catholics were persecuted in England in the 1500s, priests holding secret masses would hide from search parties in “priest holes,” secret chambers within the house. As searches could last week, sometimes the priests starved or asphyxiated.
NVQM TIL there is a diamond encrusted Mercedes that will cost you $1000 to TOUCH.