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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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XrMj TIL the Allied operation to conceal the D-Day Invasion involved fake radio traffic, double agents, an Australian actor, and fake invasion plans for Calais, Norway, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans. It was so effective Hitler believed the real invasion hadn’t begun until seven weeks after D-Day.
x6Nmw TIL that cellulose, an anti-caking agent used in shredded cheese, is actually wood pulp. Cellulose does not provide any nutritional benefit, and companies have gone under fire for putting too much of it in their products.
WkP9L TIL that in Germany children are literally thrown out of preschools on their last day as a fun celebration of moving on to school
x606B TIL that the sun accounts for 99.8% of the the total mass of our solar system
kOple TIL about a 13-month-old Canadian baby that got out of her house in the middle of the night and froze solid. She thawed and ended up surviving.