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

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loJEa TIL after the big bang only hydrogen and helium along with trace amounts of lithium and beryllium were created. The other 86 elements found in nature were all created by nuclear reactions inside stars.
b9Vb0 TIL of composer Frank Churchill, who worked on early Disney films Snow White, Bambi and Dumbo, winning an Oscar for Dumbo. In 1942, just months before the release of Bambi, he shot himself, purportedly "at the piano." He received two posthumous Oscar nominations for his work on the film.
aPJL TIL in the US nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011
4BOX TIL a sloth can hold its breath underwater for over 40 minutes.
NXXBe TIL The US Civil War ended in Liverpool, England