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TIL that the most expensive liquid in the world, is a thoroughbred horse semen. A gallon of gold-medal-winning Big Star's semen is worth $4.7 million.

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Br8DL TIL that Ishinosuke Uwano, a WWII Japanese soldier who had been missing since 1958, was found alive in Ukraine aged 83. He’d been declared dead in 2000. He hadn't visited Japan in 60 years and had to enter the country on a Ukraine passport.
W7e08 TIL that the Porygon episode of Pokémon caused hundreds of children to experience epileptic seizures due to rapidly flashing red and blue frames. This incident led to the Pokémon anime being put on hold for four months.
9YmZG TIL That there is over 7.2 million foxes in Australia thanks to British settlers who imported them in for the purpose of fox hunting
0d6P1 TIL about Rabbi Isaac Ben Samuel of Acre who lived in 14th century Spain and proposed the universe was 15.3 billion years old, not too far off from modern science that says the universe is 13.8 billion years old.
XEdBE TIL the shells of loggerhead sea turtles provide a rare hard surface in the open ocean - allowing a whole ecosystem of barnacles, amphipods, and crabs to live upon them!