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TIL that estrogen is a known cancer causing agent, even if grown naturally within the body.

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oBKjo TIL that Russia gave the United States a memorial to the victims of 9/11
Wk5bY TIL taxidermists can preserve an animal with its own brain matter through a process called "brain tanning," and an animal has enough brain matter to preserve its entire body.
vvYD TIL Tom Hardy impressed the real Charles Bronson so much with his preparations for his role as him in the Bronson movie that Charles shaved off his trademark mustache so that Tom could wear it as a loose mustache in the movie.
wLWZY TIL that dogs shed in the fall; the older hair is pushed out so that their new winter-resistant undercoat can grow in, and the shedding process is progressive - so the dog hair on my clothes and on my floor and in my mouth is only a moderate amount compared with what's to come.
Xxx6 TIL of Brandolini’s Law AKA the Bullshit asymmetry principle: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.”