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TIL it is possible to use electroejaculation to retrieve viable sperm from men up to 36 hours after death

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VBNkk TIL bonsai trees can live for hundreds of years and be passed down for generations. With the right care, bonsai trees can survive for centuries. Some are over 400 years old, making them living legacies across families.
Eg9pP TIL about Arthur Whitfield, an English physician and pioneer of dermatology. Whitfield discovered that athlete's foot (tinea pedis) was caused by a fungus infection, and created a treatment for it called "Whitfield's ointment."
KYmd6 TIL the lead male character in the video for "Tonight, Tonight" was played by the same actor who has provided the voice of Spongebob Squarepants since 1999.
awyYb TIL That Betty White hosted a five-and-a-half-hour long live talk show six days a week from 1949 to 1953.
9YKap TIL that there are 5,280 feet in a mile because in 1592, Parliament decided that a mile should be made up of eight furlongs, which are each 660 feet.