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TIL that there is a collection of obsolete and extinct sounds

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7r66X TIL that after Hippocrates started going bald, he prescribed himself a topical concoction of opium, horseradish, pigeon droppings, beetroot, and spices. After noticing that eunuchs never went bald, he also prescribed castration to prevent hair loss - and researchers in 1995 proved that to be true
EW8X TIL a portion of the “snow” seen on television screens is microwave radiation left over from The Big Bang.
m4lx TIL That Oda Nobunaga was so disrespectful at his own father’s funeral that one of his mentors committed seppuku
rgVW TIL that the once-thought useless human appendix has evolved at least 29 times, and been lost a maximum of 12 times–but evolution keeps bringing it back, possibly due to it having an important role in immune function.
9PZm TIL Himmler didn’t allow atheists in the nazi SS. He thought it was important that his men could find faith in a higher power.