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TIL cisgender men can have endometriosis, and is associated with long term use of estrogen to treat prostate cancer

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b9XL0 TIL that a man living in a high crime area of Oakland, CA put out a tiny statue of Buddha in an attempt to stop illegal dumping on his property. The tiny Buddha began getting worshipped by local Vietnamese residents, and eventually crime in the area went down 82%
LkpOd TIL that braille is imprinted on on beer cans sold in Japan. This is to ensure that blind people won't confuse a can of beer with a soft drink.
Y7jwZ TIL that Native Americans in the American West were managing and riding horses by the early 1600s, decades earlier than thought. This challenges earlier theories that they acquired horses only after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, when Spanish settlers were expelled from New Mexico.
16AMr TIL about China's Gutter Oil and Spit Oil industry. Where cooking oils are recycled from gutters and sewers, and leftover liquid from someones meal in a restaurant is reused in the next customers meal. It's a common practice despite penalties for the practice including being sentenced to death.
AN5gl TIL the decibel scale is logarithmic, similar to the Richter scale used to measure earthquakes. This means a100 decibel sound is 10 billion times louder than a 10 decibel sound.