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TIL That researchers in Botswana observed five Lionesses that had grown manes due to ovary problems and increased testosterone. They were infertile and behaved like males, frequently roared, marked territory, killed rival cubs, and went as far as mounting other females.

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681l TIL When Hugh Hefner asked teenage model Barbie Benton out on a date, she was hesitant and said “I don’t know, I’ve never been out with anyone over 24”. The 42 year old Hefner replied, “That’s OK neither have I”.
5YyAB TIL that between 1967 and 1989 East Germany sent a massive amount of arms to ANYONE at war with Israel - to the tune of three quarters of a million Klashnikovs, 120 MiG fighters, 180,000 anti-personell mines, 235,000 grenades; 25,000 RPG launchers; and 25 million cartridges of varying sizes.
POL TIL in 1880 the Queen of Thailand drowned while her subjects watched because they were forbidden to touch her.
1eQd TIL That the highest grossing Chinese film is not being shown in Taiwan because Taiwanese quota regulations only allow 10 films released from mainland China every year, with the films decided by random numbers.
GAZVj TIL in the 1979 movie, “The Muppet Movie”, Jim Henson spent an entire day in a 50-gallon steel drum submerged in a pond for the opening scene of Kermit in the swamp