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TIL some men are getting “facial hair implants” because they can’t grow full beards. Plastic surgeons say more men have been getting the surgery in recent years as beards have become trendier.

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WG4d TIL after working on the US bid for the 1986 World Cup, Henry Kissinger was quoted as saying “The politics of FIFA, they make me nostalgic for the Middle East”.
X0o5X TIL A 2 billion yen run on a Japanese bank in 1973 was traced back to a casual remark about the danger of working in a bank during a conversation between three female high school students.
VMMBB TIL of the Peter Principle: Employees are promoted based on performance in their current role, not their ability to perform a new role. People rise to their level of incompetence.
D6nJ TIL in 1842 Queen Victoria had a pistol aimed at her while she was riding a carriage, but the gun misfired and the assassin escaped. The next day she deliberately took the same route to bait the assassin, who subsequently caught.
DQBMV TIL that scientists discover an average of 18,000 new species of life every year.