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TIL that a species of fruit fly has sperm cells that are about 2.3 in (5.8 cm) long, which is over 20 times their body length. For comparison, human sperm cells are about 0.002 in (0.005 cm) long, making the fruit fly sperm cells more than 1,000 times longer than those of humans

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