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TIL that one theory suggests that human hair loss, particularly on the face and genitals, is linked to enhanced emotional communication. By shedding fur, humans could more effectively express and perceive nonverbal cues through facial color changes.

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V790 TIL there is a Truman Show-type village in the Netherlands created for dementia patients.
9YvJp TIL Faulty coffee machines are one of the most common causes of flight delays.
vPREr TIL of the lucky bull of Turin. The tradition is that if a person puts their right heel on the bull’s testicular region and “turn on himself three times,” this will bring good luck.
g8l4 TIL Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald on live TV, claimed that the JFK assassination “was an act of overthrowing the government” and that he had been injected with cancer cells in prison to silence him. By 1966, Ruby was dead from cancer in his liver, lungs and brain.
wLnd7 TIL That American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.