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TIL that 0.5% to 0.7% of all words spoken are swear words

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NXgvJ TIL that frozen embryos show no significant effect of storage time on post-thaw survival for IVF, and that pregnancies have been reported from embryos stored for 27 years.
ADPX4 TIL of Movile Cave. Life in the cave has been separated from the outside for the past 5.5 million years and it is based completely Chemosynthesis. The atmosphere deep in the cave it like an alien planet, and more than 30 of the species found inside cannot be found anywhere else on Earth.
J1nDl TIL Michael Berryman (1982 Hills Have Eyes) was also in Motley Crue’s Home Sweet Home Music Video as the person who hands the phone to each one of the band members calling them away
R5dm6 TIL John Lennon's song "Imagine" was played at Rosalynn Carter's funeral by Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood in church. Even though lyrics say “imagine there’s no heaven”, Jimmy Carter was touched by it and said through his work in 125 countries, the song was used almost equally with national anthems
X0GyQ TIL the President of Mexico has a Bachelor's Degree in Physics and two Engineering Degrees (Masters and PhD). She also completed her PhD research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.