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TIL that Dean Martin named one of his daughters Deana

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N7LWb TIL that there is no established reason why men have beards. Possible explanations include beards increasing attractiveness to women (inter-sexual selection) or increasing dominance amongst other males (intra-sexual selection) by signalling sexual maturity and increasing perceived jaw size.
pYLb TIL that gunnery sergeant R. Lee Ermey was originally meant to be the technical supervisor for Full Metal Jacket. He pretended to be gunnery sergeant Hartman while interviewing extras and had the interviews filmed. When Stanley Kubrick saw the video he gave Ermey the part.
4X9Ro TIL In 1872/3 the so called "Great Epizooic of 1872" spread throughout North America, infecting more than 75% of all horses. While rarely fatal it wreaked havoc in US economy and forced the US-cavalry and the Apache for some time to fight each other on foot. It was one cause for the 1872 Boston Fire
KxpG TIL that baby birds will spend a few days on the ground before flying. If you find a baby bird on the ground, it probably doesn’t need to be rescued!
KaEG TIL that computer scientist and mathematician, Alan Turing, died after biting into an apple laced with cyanide. It was rumored that the Apple Inc. logo had a bite taken from it to represent the poison apple. The designer has said, it wasn’t, but “It’s a wonderful urban legend.”