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TIL known for his mullet, Andre Agassi started to lose his hair at 19. Covering for the loss he wore a wig but was more focused on his top falling than winning. Once he decided to shave his head he won 6 additional Grand Slams and was the first to win those Slams on three different surfaces.

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b66YE TIL when a female porcupine is ready to mate she climbs a tree and vocalizes loudly like a cat. This mating call attracts the males, which then fight brutally with each other. It's not unusual to see a winning, mating male with a hundred or so quills of rival males' tails stuck in his face.
Z8vQ4 TIL that rapper and entrepreneur"Berner" turned down $800,000,000 for his cannabis edible line "Cookies". Instead he took $10,000,000 for a 10% stake in his company.
nr5d TIL that during WWII, a German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway, and the crew met and then helped each other survive. Two of them then visited each other several years after the war was over as friends.
dkK9 TIL August is anal sex month
DQnaJ TIL that Krazy Kat, William Randolph Hearst's favorite kartoon kat, was gender fluid: sometimes male, sometimes female, but always in love with the (male) Ignatz Mouse.