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TIL In 2004, a group in Melbourne, Victoria organised an event where 30 men would grow a moustache for 30 days in order to raise awareness for prostate cancer and depression in men. The group later formed into the “Movember Foundation Charity” which has since raised $174-million worldwide.

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