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TIL Horses are as good as bloodhounds in tracking people

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oBYLR TIL about castrato, a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty to preserve their high pitch.
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