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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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K9E4 TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television
yVoPe TIL about "Bomb" a Canadian Sherman M4A2 tank that landed on Juno Beach on D Day and fought across Europe every day until the the words "Unload, clear guns, the war is over" came over the radio, indicating the end of the war. 4000km travelled, never missed a day of combat.
pbae TIL Mount Everest is the only place in the world where the land ever touches the stratosphere.
wnaM TIL Emir of Qatar donated $100 million to New Orleans intended to help rebuild housing, hospitals and schools after Hurricane Katrina.
D18jg TIL Apollo 12 was hit by lightning twice within a minute of launch, knocking out the command module instruments, lighting up nearly every warning light on the control panel and garbling the telemetry to mission control. Earlier training simulating such a failure allowed them to restore power.