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TIL that within one year after a vasectomy, sixty to seventy per cent of vasectomized men develop antisperm antibodies.

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nWPNB TIL 10k acres of Tohono O'odham reservation was flooded by a dam in 1960. In compensation, the Tribe could add unincorporated land to its reservation. Instead of a rural area, the Tribe won a lawsuit to build a casino in unincorporated land in the Phoenix Metro Area over AZ's objections in 2017
E1YWx TIL In 2000, when several planets happened to be close to one another, astrologers predicted that there would be catastrophes, volcanic eruptions and tidal waves. This caused an entire sea-side village to panic and abandon their houses. Nothing predicted happened and their houses were burgled
NXEQ8 TIL that because Paris is so romanticised in eastern cultures, travellers to the city - especially from Japan and China - can end up experiencing an intense culture shock that can cause anything between vomiting to actual hallucinations. The effect has its own name - Paris Syndrome
oRKeE TIL that those plastic wall clocks in schools are actually atomic, and the reason they speed ahead when they get messed up is due to a radio signal from NIST called WWVB
x66Ob TIL that Daniel Craig had to overcome his fear of heights to shoot the construction site scene in Casino Royale, which required him to climb a 200 foot (60 metre) crane.