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TIL about 25% of American men can't grow beards

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78GP TIL that in Russia, to combat low birth rates, Lenin created “Conception Day,” a holiday where citizens didn’t have to go to work so they could try and make babies.
N7Y1e TIL: With Aliens (1986), Sigourney Weaver received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and although she did not win, it was considered a landmark nomination for an actress to be considered for a science-fiction/horror film, a genre which previously was given little recognition
b6x99 TIL It's possible to estimate the speed of light by microwaving a chocolate bar
LQrjQ TIL the tallest mountain in Spain is not located on the mainland but on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Known as Pico de Teide, it is also the highest peak on any Atlantic Ocean island.
1aY97 TIL that in 1924, a tunnel network was discovered underneath Washington D.C. Speculation behind the network's origins included a Confederate hideout or a liquor depot for bootleggers; they were actually dug by the Smithsonian Institute's entomologist Harrison G. Dyar, who 'did it for exercise'.