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TIL about Movember. A charity campaign dedicated to raise awareness for men's risk of prostate & testicular cancer along with mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

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mx9kv TIL the title of Led Zeppelin's song "Black Dog," which reached the charts in several countries, was inspired by a black Labrador Retriever without a name that lingered and wandered around the Headley Grange recording studios when the band were recording the album the song's on.
QJdQX TIL that actress Tallulah Bankhead nearly died following a five-hour emergency hysterectomy due to venereal disease. Only 70 lbs (32kg) when she left the hospital, she stoically said to her doctor, "Don't think this has taught me a lesson!"
BrRYe TIL Nanocardboard is made out of an aluminum oxide film with a thickness of tens of nanometers. Its sandwich structure, similar to that of corrugated cardboard, makes it more than 10,000x as stiff as a solid plate of the same mass. Shining a light on a piece of nanocardboard allows it to levitate.
ZpA8Y TIL during the 12th century, Egypt engaged in a trade of mummies with Europe due to the belief that these bodies emitted a valuable fluid with medicinal properties. However, it later came to light that the term "mummy" was a mistranslation of "mumia," which is another word for liquid asphalt cement.
Yp9DW TIL: Someone hacked into a cable broadcast in Chicago in 1987 wearing a “Max Headroom” mask. Over 30 years later, the hacker still hasn’t been identified.