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TIL that Castration prevents male pattern baldness if done before the hair is lost

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yYmM TIL that 350 million years ago the Earth was covered by giant mushrooms. They would grow up to 26 feet high and 3 feet wide.
yQdkV TIL that both humans and domestic dogs elicit a dramatic increase of oxytocin, the bonding hormone, from the other when staring into each other's eyes. Similar to a human mother and her infant.
JeYl TIL that the collective noun for a group of flamingos is a flamboyance; for butterflies, a kaleidoscope.
e7gJ TIL that people are living in the abandoned Mos Eisley set from Star Wars
8aj4V TIL that Reuters routinely fact checks headlines from social media and debunks false claims with openly available news sources.