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TIL: In the Victorian Era, Doctors Prescribed Beards to Help Keep Men Healthy

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wLPNW TIL about The Most Decorated Soldier of All Time "Audie Murphy". He received award for valor available from the U.S. Army, French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at the age of 19 for holding off an entire German company alone.
ba1a TIL Only 1 Bee Species Can Pollinate a Vanilla Bean Orchid And it May Be Extinct. Almost All Vanilla Pollination is Done by Hand.
9YKwr TIL that the character of Abed Nadir from Community is one of the few pop culture characters seen as a reasonably accurate representation of Autism, and is especially important because he rarely falls into the Pinocchio Syndrome (I just want to be a real boy!) trope so common in movies and tv.
o1l8 TIL that 70% of the land in England is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army.
4wjN TIL, On the show Married with Children, the character Seven appeared in seven episodes during season seven before disappearing with no explanation.