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TIL that viable sperm can be harvested from dead men up to 48 hours after death.

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x6rB7 TIL that the star of the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy," Nǃxau ǂToma, let his $300 paycheck blow away in the wind because he allegedly did not understand money. The movie made ~$90 million in 4 years. He had also only ever seen 3 white people before being cast in the movie.
nexAG TIL The Devil's Cigar is a fungus that strangely only exists in small area of Texas and Japan separated by 11,000 km the two populations have been separated for at least nineteen million years. It looks like a cigar, hisses, releases clouds resembling smoke, then splits open into a flower shape.
4NPX TIL that singer Chris Brown appeared in court in 2012 with his lawyer regarding his probation after assaulting Rihanna. Brown attempted to address the court but was interrupted by his lawyer, who said “I don’t dance; you don’t talk.”
d8yg7 TIL : The first African American to win a Nascar sponsored event Wendell Scott got his win removed in 1963 because race organizers weren’t sure how to deal with the customary kiss given by a white beauty queen to the victor in the winner’s circle. 47 years(20 after his death) he recieved his trophy
GEmQ TIL pornography is legal in the US even though prostitution is not, because it is illegal to pay one explicitly for sex, but the participants in a film/photo are paid to act and are protected under the first amendment to take part in sexual acts as part of the act.