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TIL Matthew McCounaughey advocates cutting your hair to coincide with the phases of the moon in order for it to grow thicker.

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rNAow TIL About a third of the elk in Yellowstone Park died as a result of the 1988 forest fires. The elk population had almost recovered by January 1995 when wolves were reintroduced. Since wolves are back in Yellowstone, the elk population has dropped about 80 percent.
4XmPo TIL sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity in children.
5VKpn TIL India's total casualties in WWII are larger than the UK's and USA's combined.
p8W1p Today I learned that the 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) almost wasn't ratified until a Tennessee senator who was against it (Harry Burns) received a letter from his mother telling him to "be a good boy" and vote for ratification. He broke the deadlock the next day and the 19th was ratified.
d8x99 TIL the flags of many African nations have the colors green, gold and red borrowed from the flag of Ethiopia, which remained outside European control during the colonial era by defeating Italy. As a result, the country drew the admiration of many newly independent states in Africa.