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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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9wnyM TIL that Fred Astaire took up skateboarding at 77 and was awarded a lifetime membership of the National Skateboard Society.
pVZN TIL: There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.
e0eE TIL that 60 years ago, the idea of a politician soliciting campaign contributions was so frowned-upon that Nixon was very nearly kicked off the Republican ticket for doing it
AD1B TIL that Anthony Hopkins prepared for his role as Hannibal Lector by imitating Katherine Hepburn’s warble, and never blinking when he talked to match tapes he watched of Charles Manson.
KdMa TIL during the filming of Lord of the Rings, Sean Bean refused a helicopter ride to a set due to a fear of flying and instead hiked up to it in full Boromir armor