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TIL: Fashionable women have been dying their hair pink as early as the 1910's

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P7mL TIL that wolves with black pelts owe their distinctive coloration to a mutation which occurred in domestic dogs, and was carried to wolves through wolf-dog hybridization.
woANY TIL the "Ring" spawned a multimedia franchise in Japan (unrelated to the American remake) which crossed over with the Grudge franchise (also unrelated to the American remake)
1amlD TIL that at the age of 31, Charlie Munger was broke, divorced, and had just buried his 9-year-old son who died from leukemia. Today, Munger is Warren Buffet's "right-hand man," a billionaire and says "Self-pity is not going to improve the situation...however bad it is, just fix it as best you can."
l7lKa TIL that that there's a world record for the fastest 100 metres in high heels, and it's 13.557 seconds
QJ0KE TIL that for years before slavery was banned in Canada, African slaves in Canada escaped south to the free areas of the US.