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TIL of Toystory the Bull. Known for his "testicular fortitude," he produced over 2.4 million units of semen in his lifetime and (through artificial insemination) fathered roughly 500,000 offspring.

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xGB7 TIL that “it is practically impossible to write French correctly using a keyboard that has been bought in France”, says the country’s government. Because the AZERTY layout makes typing certain accented letters difficult (especially capitals), many don’t use them, changing the language.
ppRG TIL the city of Surprise, Arizona was named by its founder who stated she “would be surprised if the town ever amounted to much.”
E1Y6o TIL that the fifth oldest person in history Jamaican Violet Brown who had lived to 115 years had a son who was 97 years old who was still alive when she was. Making him the oldest person ever with a parent. They both died in 2017.
RKvj TIL of Blue Peacock, a 10 kiloton nuclear landmine designed to be installed in the north german plane. The area was too cold for the mine’s electronics to reliably function, so it was proposed to be heated by chickens.
LQ0Am TIL In 1943, due to both teams losing a large number of players to military service in World War II, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged and thus created the Steagles. They ended with a winning season of 5-4-1.