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TIL that castration can cause a 14-19 year increase in lifespan and stop the progression of male pattern baldness.

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16AgW TIL about disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein. In 1928 world's third richest person disappeared mid flight while travelling on his private plane.
m1KDP TIL that the Soviet Mars 3 lander was the first spacecraft to attain a soft landing on Mars in 1971, 26 years before the first successful mission of NASA's Sojourner in 1997. It worked, however, only for 110 seconds including 20 seconds of data transmission, a partial gray image with no details.
6QLZ TIL In 2012 PETA Euthanized 89% of the animals they “rescued”
e0Peg TIL "Father Time"; the Roman god, Saturn; the Greek god, Cronos; and the Grim Reaper are different versions of the same mythic character.
VMvem TIL of half-life of knowledge is the amount of time that has to elapse before half of the knowledge or facts in a particular area is superseded or shown to be untrue. An engineering degree went from having a half life of 35 years in ca. 1930 to about 10 years in 1960.