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TIL that RadioShack has been purchased by a series of organizations that then went nearly or fully bankrupt, including Tai Lopez’ holding company

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ne087 TIL the first person to ever observe individual living sperm cells was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek who collected a sample from his wife immediately after intercourse. In his 1677 letter to the Royal Society, “de Natis e semine genital Animalculis,” he describes a scene teeming with tiny “animalcules.”
6E1mX TIL a Russian Blue tomcat named "Xiaopi" needed a glucose drip after mating with five females during one night in a Chinese pet hotel. The cat's owner, Mr. Zhao, said he specifically told the hotel that Xiaopi wasn't neutered, but they let him roam freely anyway.
Bgm6r TIL that one of Ireland's biggest ever storms is known as "Night of the Big Wind"
697Vw TIL: There are dozens of long term studies regarding the effects of a father's involvement in childhood. The more time a father spends with their son greater reduces their stress, chance of drug/tobacco use, dangerous behaviors, increases education, and affects future income over 37 years.
xxV5 TIL that after an Orca killed a Great White Shark near California that the dead shark’s carcass odor caused all nearby great whites to flee. A great white with a satellite tag in the area immediately dove to 500 meters and then swam to Hawaii.