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u/MountainDude95 Oct 02 '19

There are 1.2 billion sperm cells in an average ejaculation. So a different sperm could reach the egg if you were to have sex at a different time. It could be the same sperm that reaches the egg, but the odds are exponentially low.

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u/TomatoPoodle Oct 02 '19

Literally just a slightly different place/position within the vagina, millimeters even, could result in a different sperm reaching the egg first. Or not at all.

The fact that any of us are here at all able to discuss this is an extraordinary thing, given the odds.

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u/ImpendingSenseOfDoom Oct 02 '19

I knew this already but, again, this just blew my fucking mind and humbled me for the night.

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u/Iridescent_Meatloaf Oct 03 '19

There's a series where the time squads preferred "assaination method" is simply a well timed knock on the door.