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TIL that getting goosebumps triggers new hair growth. They cause hair to rise in the short term and trigger more hair growth in the long term.

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wvR1 TIL that Muhammad Ali painted his friend Joe Frazier as an uncle tom, turning many against Frazier. Frazier’s children were bullied and he received threats. Ali promised that he would crawl across the ring and call Frazier the greatest if he beat him, which he refused to do after losing to Frazier.
nr89 TIL That there is no archaeological evidence whatsoever that suggests Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt.
omGR TIL you can set your Google accounts to self destruct after you die.
xV4X5 TIL the Lakota Indian known as Curly had a vision that he would be protected in battle. When he was subsequently wounded he realised the vision hadn't shown scalping, so he never scalped again. He went on to be known as Crazy Horse and helped defeat Custer at Little Big Horn.
xdmg TIL the Age of Empires game for the Nintendo DS could be bricked/destroyed completely if the name of the save file was less than 4 characters long. The developers later had to print a slip into future cartridges warning players since the glitch could not be repaired, only worked around.