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TIL that strontium, a chemical relative of calcium, can be given to increase bone density, fractures, and promote bone regrowth, essentially acting as calcium in the bones better than calcium itself does

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O7V1 TIL social conventions in the 1800s dictated that boys between ages 0 to 7 wore dresses, grew out their hair, and dressed in pink. They were not allowed to have their first haircut until 6 or 7 years old, and wore dresses until then too. There is even a picture of FDR presented as such.
xavk TIL Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa
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kOKO4 TIL That 523 mostly one of a kind, lost silent films from around the gold rush era, were found buried beneath the permafrost, they were used to fill in a swimming pool and make a skating rink in the small town of Dawson City Yukon
0wJyR TIL of the grasshopper mouse that hunts scorpions, turns venom into painkiller and howls like a wolf to lay claim to its territory.