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TIL that castrated lions often have little to no mane due to low testosterone

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e0Zl4 TIL that when threatened horned lizards squirt blood from their eye sockets at their enemies, scaring any predator enough for the lizard to escape.
GAolE TIL that the oldest known writing in the world, Sumerian Cuneiform, is over 5000 years old and only 5-10% of all recovered tablets have been translated.
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