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TIL Human sperm doesn’t wiggle as previously thought, it spins like a “playful otter”

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4kbWw TIL French cyclist Jean Robic would cheat in the Tour De France downhill sections by having an assistant give him a lead or mercury filled water bottle for the descent. Because of this his nickname was "The Heavy Metal Descender".
DkDP TIL Kangaroos Are Left-Handed
OoE81 TIL Laughter Gives you Better Abs than Crunches
5VJMr TIL the sum mass of prey consumed each year by world’s spiders is greater than the mass of all humans on the planet.
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